Place-Based Conservation: Perspectives from the Social Sciences

By William P. Stewart

Book Overview

The concept of "Place" has become prominent in natural resource management, as professionals increasingly recognize the importance of scale, place-specific meanings, local knowledge, and social-ecological dynamics. Place-Based Conservation: Perspectives from the Social Sciences offers a thorough examination of the topic, dividing its exploration into four broad areas.
Place-Based Conservation provides a comprehensive resource for researchers and practitioners to help build the conceptual grounding necessary to understand and to effectively practice place-based conservation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940079665X
• ISBN13: 9789400796652
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"