The Science of sustainable development local livelihoods and the global environment

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ISBN: 0511062699 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic
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xix, 268 p. ; ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The challenge : alleviating poverty and conserving the environment -- Dealing with complexity -- Getting into the system : multiple realities, social learning and adaptive management -- Issues of scale -- Models, knowledge and negotiation -- Institutions for managing natural resources in African savannas -- Forest margins in Indonesian Borneo -- Learning by doing on tropical American hillsides -- The spread of innovations -- Measuring the performance of natural resource systems -- Achieving research-based management.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.