Parks and Protected Areas in Canada

Planning and Management
3 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-19-542734-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 678 g

This collection provides a timely look at park management and planning in Canada by bringing together scholars from the fields of geography and recreation studies as well as officials in Canada's public service and non-governmental organizations. Divided into sections dealing with theoretical approaches and their applications, case studies, and the larger themes in park management and planning, such as the role of Aboriginal peoples in policy development, this volume
provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues related to park and protected space management in Canada.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dearden, Philip

Collins, Rick

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Dearden is Professor of Geography at the University of Victoria. He is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas of IUCN and has been active in the planning and management of protected areas in many different countries, especially in Asia. He is the Chair of Canada's Working Group on Marine Protected Areas under the Ocean Management Research Network and co-Chair of Parks Canada's NMCA Marine Science Network. He is particularly interested in
incentive-based conservation in marine environments and zoning and has an active research programme on the topic in Southeast Asia. He is the co-author of Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective, also published by Oxford University Press Canada.

Rick Rollins is a faculty member in the Department of Recreation and Tourism at Malaspina University College and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. His teaching and research deals with recreation behaviour and management in