Handbook of Environmental Management

Edited by Jon C. Lovett, University of Leeds, UK and David G. Ockwell, Lecturer in Geography and Fellow, Sussex Energy Group and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents:1. IntroductionJon C. Lovett and David G. Ockwell2. Global Biodiversity Conservation Priorities: An Expanded ReviewThomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Justin Gerlach, Mike Hoffmann, John F. Lamoreux, Cristina G. Mittermeier, John D. Pilgrim and Ana S.L. Rodrigues3. Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: A Positive Role for Forest Conservation in Topical Africa?Neil Burgess, David Thomas, Shakim Mhagama, Thomas Lehmberg, Jenny Springer and Jonathan Barnard4. Biodiversity Conservation in Managed LandscapesTom M. van Rensburg and Greig A. Mill5. How do Institutions Affect the Management of Environmental Resources?Bhim Adhikari6. Analysing Dominant Policy Perspectives – The Role of Discourse AnalysisDavid G. Ockwell and Yvonne Rydin7. Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Regime Effectiveness: A Case Study of the Mediterranean Action PlanSofia Frantzi 8. The Price of Fish and the Value of Seagrass Beds: Socioeconomic Aspects of the Seagrass Fishery on Quirimba Island, MozambiqueFiona R. Gell9. The Link between Ecological and Social Paradigms and the Sustainability of Environmental Management: A Case Study of Semi-arid TanzaniaClaire H. Quinn and David G. Ockwell10. Exploring Game Theory as a Tool for Mapping Strategic Interactions in Common Pool Resource ScenariosVanessa Pérez-Cirera11. Economic Valuation of Different Forms of Land-use in Semi-arid TanzaniaDeborah Kirby12. Economic Growth and the EnvironmentDalia El-Demellawy13. Biodiesel as the Potential Alternative Vehicle Fuel: European Policy and Global Environmental ConcernMahesh Poudyal and Jon C. Lovett Index

'This timely Handbook, offers fresh insights into a critical period of our planet's environmental history. The excellent choice of scholars, from various corners of environmental science, convincingly demonstrate using many differing environmental management examples of how the apparent controversy between maintaining environmental quality, and improving people's livelihoods can be solved in practice. In each case, the answer is found in a creative interaction and combination of perspectives and techniques from ecology and social science resulting in truly - and therefore effective - environmental management solutions, to urgent environmental problems.'--Leo de Haan, African Studies Centre Leiden, The Netherlands