Communities in transition : protected nature and local people in Eastern and Central Europe / / Saska Petrova

• Autore: Petrova Saska
• Pubblicazione: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/8
• Soggetto topico: National parks and reserves - Europe, Central - Management; National parks and reserves - Europe, Eastern - Management; National parks and reserves - Europe, Central - Citizen participation; National parks and reserves - Europe, Eastern - Citizen participation; National parks and reserves - Social aspects - Europe, Central
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 From Place Attachment to Wilderness: Key Concepts; 3 Protected Areas and National Parks at the Global Scale: A Critical Survey; 4 Obstacles, Victims and Opportunists: Conceptualizing the Relationship between Local People and Nature Protection; 5 Nature Protection and Municipal Government During Socialism and After: Legacies, Challenges and Opportunities; 6 From Inflexible Legislation to Flexible Governance: Community Participation and Visitor-Related Challenges in Pelister National Park ; 7 Šumava: Rewilding and its Discontents8 Conclusions; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Providing an integrated perspective on why, how and for whom nature conservation practices have been implemented in CEE, this book sheds further light upon the mechanisms through which such practices both redefine and are affected by the everyday life of people living in national parks. Offering a critical global review of the environmental motivations and power interests behind the creation of national parks, as well as a typology of the relations between local people and the dynamics of nature protection in them, this work challenges the dichotomy between developed and developing countries t
• Titolo autorizzato: Communities in transition
• ISBN: 1-317-16351-6; 1-317-16350-8; 1-4094-4851-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465015803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice.