Parks and Protected Areas In Canada - Planning and Management - Softcover

Dearden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195416015 ISBN 13: 9780195416015

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2002

Synopsis

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 application, 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.

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About the Author

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 natural settings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195416015
• ISBN 13: 9780195416015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2