Title:
Countryside conservation : landscape ecology, planning and management
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
London : E & FN Spon, 1996
ISBN:
9780419218807
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Summary
Summary
This third edition of the standard text Countryside Conservation charts and evaluates those changes which represent a fundamental revolution in the ways in which the countryside is planned and managed. It sets out the principles, policies and practice which underlie the ecology, planning and management of the new countryside, discussing ways in which countryside conservation objectives are evolving and how they can best be achieved.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Protecting and exploiting the environment |
| Part 1 Principles: ecological, historical and cultural |
| Landscapes as natural and cultural units |
| Landscape ecology |
| Prehistoric impacts on wildlife and the countryside |
| Conservation concepts: why should the countryside be conserved |
| Part 2 Policies: conservation strategies and structures |
| The development and organisation of conservation |
| Planning for rural sustainability |
| The selection and defence of protected areas |
| Managing for production and protection |
| Involving the community in environmental care |
| Part 3 Practice: landscape restoration and management |
| Croplands |
| Grasslands and other rangelands |
| Woodlands |
| Wetlands |
| Coastlands |
| Conclusions |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
