Sustaining the World's Wetlands

Setting Policy and Resolving Conflicts
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-49428-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1450 g

This book contains detailed case studies of wetland management worldwide. It presents examinations of international wetland policy in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America, generating a discussion of the differences between wetland management issues in developed and developing countries and suggesting strategies for the future of wetland management. Key themes addressed in the case studies include the tradeoffs between sustainable use of wetlands for food, fuel, and fiber versus the protection of ecosystem diversity and stability, and the respective roles of big international NGO's, national and regional government, and local community-based organizations when faced with wetland management issues.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smardon, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

International Wetland Policy and Management Issues.- The Wadden Sea Wetlands: A Multi-jurisdictional Challenge.- The Axios River Delta – Mediterranean Wetland Under Siege.- The Kafue Flats in Zambia, Africa: A Lost Floodplain?.- Community-Based Wetland Management: A Case Study of Brace Bridge Nature Park (BBNP), Kolkata, India.- Restoration of the Tram Chim National Wildlife Preserve, Vietnam.- The Great Lakes Wetlands Policy Consortium – Bilateral NGO Action Aimed at the Great Lakes.- Estuaries on the Edge, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.- The Mankote Mangrove: Microcosm of the Caribbean.- Review of Wetland Management Roles, Functions, and Innovations.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard C. Smardon is professor of Environmental Studies at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. He has held titles there as Chair of the Faculty and Director of the Graduate Program, and is also the former director of the Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute.