Natural Experiments: Ecosystem-Based Management and the Environment

by Judith A. Layzer

Book Overview

This systematic assessment of seven prominent initiatives is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of ecosystem-based management at protecting the environment.

Scholars, scientists, and policymakers have hailed ecosystem-based management (EBM) as a remedy for the perceived shortcomings of the centralized, top-down, expert-driven environmental regulatory framework established in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262622149
• ISBN13: 9780262622141
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher