Environments articles from November 2005

Environments archives from November 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... The papers in this issue are diverse, but not unrelated. At a deep level they address different aspects of participation and capacity in resource and environmental planning and management, through different combinations of theory, practice and...

Unpacking participatory natural resource management: a conceptual framework to distinguish democratic governance from resource capture.
November 1, 2005... Abstract This paper presents a conceptual framework for distinguishing whether participatory natural resource management (NRM) leads to resource capture or the democratic governance of natural resources. The concept of participatory NRM is...

A critical analysis of communicative rationality as a theoretical underpinning for collaborative approaches to Integrated Resource and Environmental Management.
November 1, 2005... Abstract Communicative planning theory is increasingly being advocated as procedural theory to underpin collaborative approaches to Integrated Resource and Environmental Management. Yet this is occurring without critical analysis of the...

Canada's Model Forests: public involvement through partnership.
November 1, 2005... Abstract This paper considers the development and implementation of partnerships through the Canadian Model Forest (MF) program. A typology of partnerships is used to consider those that have evolved through the program and the...

Planning for the advent of large resorts: current capacities of interior British Columbian mountain communities.
November 1, 2005... Abstract British Columbia mountain communities are increasingly the subject of attention from developers and political leaders who want to build downhill ski, snowmobile, and second home resorts. Academic research, other literature, and...

Recreation habitat suitability indices: key concepts and a framework for application in landscape planning.(RESEARCH NOTES)
November 1, 2005... Abstract The use of any landscape for recreational purposes means that natural processes will be impacted and that resource use conflicts may develop. This conflict will be exacerbated where the goals of the recreationist conflict with...

Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment.(Book review)
November 1, 2005... Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment Melosi, Martin V. 2005. (Revised Edition). Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburg Press. ISBN: 0-8229-5857-0 (paper), $32.00 (US$27.95), 320 pp. While the publisher's web site...

Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination.(Book review)
November 1, 2005... Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination Julie Cruikshank. 2005. UBC Press, Vancouver, BC. ISBN 0-7748-1186-2, $85.00 (cloth); ISBN 0-295-98514-3, $25.00 (paper). 288 pp Do Glaciers Listen?...

It's All for Sale: The Control of Global Resources.(Book review)
November 1, 2005... It's All for Sale: The Control of Global Resources James Ridgeway. 2004. It's All for Sale: The Control of Global Resources. Duke University Press, Durham and London. ISBN 0-8223-3374-0 (paper) 0-8223-3426-7 (cloth). C$24/82 Under...