This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods and techniques to handle them relative to resource and environmental management. The text enhances the reader's capacity to conduct practice and conduct research in resource and environmental management.
Bruce Mitchell is Professor of Geography and Associate Vice-President Academic at the University of Waterloo.
Preface1. Change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict2. Turbulence and planning3. Looking to the future4. Sustainability5. Ecosystem approach6. Learning organizations and adaptive management7. Assessing alternatives8. Partnerships and stakeholders9. Local knowledge systems10. Gender and development11. Alternative dispute resolution12. Implementation13. Monitoring and assessment14. Managing for environmental justice