Transforming Parks and Protected Areas: Policy and Governance in a Changing World

by Hanna; Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780415374231
• ISBN10: 0415374235
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The protection of natural resources and biodiversity through protected areas is increasingly based on ecological principles. Simultaneously the concept of ecosystem-based management has become broadly accepted and implemented over the last two decades. However, this period has also seen unprecedented rapid global social and ecological change, which has weakened many protection efforts. These changes have created an awareness of opportunities for innovative approaches to managing protected areas and of the need to integrate social and economic concerns with ecological elements in protected areas and parks management. A rare collection of articles that fuses academic theory, critique of practice and practical knowledge, Transforming Parks and Protected Areasanalyzes and critiques these theories, practices, and philosophies, looking in-detail at the emerging issues in the design and operation of parks and protected areas. Addressing critical dynamics and current practices in parks and protected areas management, the excellent volume goes well beyond simple managerial solutions and descriptions of standard practice. With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, this book will be of value to all those working within ecology, natural resources, conservation and parks management as well as students and academics across the environmental sciences and land use management.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Protected Areas in a Changing World

The Challenges of Governance

Evolution of Contexts for Protected Areas Governance

Governance Models for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism

Information Technology and the Protection of Biodiversity in Protected Areas

Anthropological Contributions to Protected Area Management Melissa

Steering Governance Through Regime Formation at the Landscape Scale: Evaluating Experiences in Canadian Biosphere Reserves

Critical Perspectives

Conflict and Protected Areas Establishment: British Columbia's Political Parks

Deconstructing Ecological Integrity Policy in Canadian National Parks

The Science and Management Interface in National Parks

Indigenous Peoples and Protected Heritage Areas: Acknowledging Cultural Pluralism

Political Ecology Perspectives on Ecotourism to Parks and Protected Areas

Summary and Synthesis

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