Environments articles from November 2002

Environments archives from November 2002

Editorial.(parks, wildlife management, and environmental remediation)(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... Of the five papers in this issue of Environments, the first four deal with parks and protected areas and the last with landscape health. The common interest in all the papers is seeking an appropriate relationship between what we call...

Park policies: a European perspective.
November 1, 2002... Abstract The paper focuses on park and protected area issues which are assuming a crucial role in Europe and have a growing relationship to the evolving American and global experiences. After a short overview on the essential features of...

Prespa National Park, Greece: discussing diverse perspectives.
November 1, 2002... Abstract Prespa National Park, located in the northwest corner of Greece, is a unique environment with significant natural and cultural elements that are being seriously threatened. The past symbiotic relationship between the natural...

Management in a planning vacuum: co-operation in the Quetico--BWCA-Voyageurs International Boundary region.(Quetico Provincial Park )(Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness)
November 1, 2002... Abstract This paper stems from a University of Waterloo graduate workshop on shared management issues faced by Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. In...

Mary's Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve: a case study in community leadership and successful protected area management.(New Brunswick, Canada)
November 1, 2002... Abstract Mary's Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve, located near Harvey, New Brunswick, Canada, is an example of excellence in small protected area management. Shorebird protection was initiated by and continues through the...

Landscape evolution and health in Northeastern Italy: a multi-dimensional methodological approach.
November 1, 2002... Abstract With continued global population growth and expansion, cultural landscapes are increasing in prominence. Highly governed landscapes are considered as those which are subject to even greater degrees of manipulation than normal...

Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Natalia Mirovitskaya and William L. Ascher, Editors, 2001. Duke University Press, Durham and London. ISBN 0-8223-2745-7 [ppr] US$34.95 0-8223-2735-X [hc] US$89.95. I quite like dictionaries and encyclopaedias -- I have even written for...

The World and the Wild.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... David Rothenberg & Marta M. Ulvaeus, eds. 2001. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. ISBN 0-8165-2063-1 (paper) $19.95 (U.S.). 250 pp. If the main theme in The World and the Wild is the inseparability of culture and nature, then the...

Participatory Action Research in Natural Resource Management: A Critique of the Method based on Five Years' Experience in the Transamazonica Region of Brazil.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Christian Castellanet and Carl F. Jordon. 2002. Taylor and Francis, New York. 250 pp. ISBN: 1-56032-979-3. US$50.00 Participatory action research (PAR) seeks to fully incorporate the "objects" of social science research in the problem...