Rethinking resource management : justice, sustainability and indigenous peoples

Book

Rethinking resource management : justice, sustainability and indigenous peoples / Richard Howitt.

Summary:

Rethinking Resource Management offers students and practitioners in resource management a sophist- icated and convincing framework for rethinking the dominant approaches to resource management in a complex world.

Record details

ISBN: 0415123321
ISBN: 9780415123327
ISBN: 041512333X
ISBN: 9780415123334
Physical Description: xviii, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-433) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Worlds turned upside down -- The problem of 'seeing' -- Complexity in resource management systems: conceptualising abstractions and internal relations -- Beyond 'negotiation': rethinking conceptual building blocks -- Reading landscapes: cartesian geographies or places of the heart? -- Ethics for resource managers -- Case studies: a research tool for resource management -- Recognition, respect and reconciliation: changing relations between Aborigines and mining interests in Australia -- Dependent nations or sovereign governments? treaties, governance and resources in the USA -- Indigenous rights or states' rights: hydro-power in Norway and Quebec -- Diversity and world order: professional practice and resource managers -- Social impact assessment -- Policy arenas: reform, regulation and monitoring -- Co-management of local resources -- Sustainability, equity and optimism.