Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty

by Mitchell, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780195431285
• ISBN10: 0195431286
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty brings together contributions from more than two dozen specialists in the field. It is tailored specifically to university students and has four overall goals: to explain how the resource management processworks; to illustrate the variety of strategies used; to outline the various technical and non-technical considerations that influence decisions; and to emphasize the tradeoffs that must be made to accommodate a broad range of legitimate societal interests. The reader will find the fourth edition tobe both updated and expanded in coverage. Chapters that appeared in the third edition have been revised, some very significantly, and eight new chapters have been added. Five new statements have been added to the existing set of guest statements, all of which have been prepared by academics andpractitioners reflecting on their experience in translating concepts into action. Brand new pedagogical features like learning objectives, end-of-chapter review questions, and 'from the field' boxes have all been added to this fourth edition.

Author Biography

Bruce Mitchell is professor of geography and associate provost of academic and student affairs at the University of Waterloo. He recently received the Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, recognizing his outstanding career achievement in the field of Canadian geography.