Contested Country: Local and Regional Natural Resources Management in Australia - Softcover

Robinson, Cathy; Taylor, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0643095861 ISBN 13: 9780643095861

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

In Contested Country, leading researchers in planning, geography, environmental studies and public policy critically review Australia's environmental management under the auspices of the Natural Heritage Trust over the past decade, and identify the challenges that must be met in the national quest for sustainability. It is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the local and regional natural resources management undertaken in Australia, using research sourced from all states as well as the Northern Territory. It addresses questions such as: How is accountability to be maintained? Who is included and who is excluded in decentralised environmental governance? Does the scale of bottom-up management efforts match the scale of environmental problems? How is scientific and technical fidelity in environmental management to be maintained when significant activities are devolved to and controlled by local communities? The book challenges some of the accepted benefits, assumptions and ideologies underpinning regional scaled environmental management, and is a must-read for anyone interested in this field.

About this title

Synopsis

"Contested Country" brings together the leading researchers from relevant disciplines (planning, geography, environmental studies, public policy) to critically review environmental management over the past decade, and to identify the challenges in environmental management that must be met by the new government. Instead of the uncritical advocacy that sometimes accompanies experiments in environmental governance and policy, this volume will provide a dispassionate, critical and empirical review in an effort to deepen understanding and improve the national quest for sustainability.

About the Author

Marcus Lane is Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His current research is concerned with the interaction of civil society and the state in environmental planning. In earlier work he has examined social impact assessment (SIA) for indigenous peoples in resource planning.

Edition details

• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0643095861
• ISBN 13: 9780643095861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Lane Marcus B