Gebundenes Buch

Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in Protected Areas

Governance, Management and Policy

Herausgeber: Verschuuren, Bas; Brown, Steve

Beschreibung

This book demonstrates that to be sustainable, effective and equitable, the management and governance of protected and conserved areas need to be grounded in solid scientific research and practice alongside deeply held cultural, spiritual and aesthetic values and ideas capable of inspiring conservation of biological and cultural diversity.

Autor

Bas Verschuuren is a freelance biocultural adviser and associate researcher at the Department of Sociology of Development and Change at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He combines his experience in conservation projects with applied research on the cultural, spiritual, and sacred dimensions of nature in management and policy. Steve Brown is an honorary associate with the Museum and Heritage Studies Program at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include: conceptualising and operationalising place-attachment in heritage theory and practice; the integration of naturecultures in the heritage management of protected areas; and the material culture of domestic homes and gardens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9781138091184
• ISBN-10: 1138091189
• Artikelnr.: 53607276