Lairds, Land and Sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management
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| Autore: |
Glass Jayne
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| Titolo: |
Lairds, Land and Sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture -- Economic aspects |
| Sustainability | |
| Upland management | |
| Altri autori: |
PriceMartin
WarrenCharles R (Senior lecturer)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded contents list -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- Notes on the contributors -- Part One. Sustainability in the uplands -- Chapter One. Sustainability in the uplands: introducing key concepts -- Chapter Two. Recognising Scotland’s upland ecosystem services -- Part Two. Perspectives from private landownership -- Chapter Three. The Scottish private estate -- Chapter Four. What motivates private landowners? -- Chapter Five. The laird and the community -- Part Three. Perspectives from community and NGO landownership -- Chapter Six. Community landownership: rediscovering the road to sustainability -- Chapter Seven. Buying nature: a review of environmental NGO landownership -- Part Four. Aligning upland estate management with sustainability -- Chapter Eight. A sustainability tool for the owners and managers of upland estates -- Chapter Nine. Lessons for sustainable upland management -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Scotland is at the heart of modern, sustainable upland management. Large estates cover vast areas of the uplands, with a long, complex and emotive history of ownership and use. In recent decades, the Scottish uplands have increasingly been the arena for passionate debates over large-scale land management issues. Crucially, what kinds of ownership and management will best deliver sustainable futures for upland environments and communities? Although the globally unique dominance of private ownership remains a distinctive characteristic of Scotland's uplands, increasing numbers of estates are now |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lairds, Land and Sustainability |
| ISBN: | 0-7486-8588-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817738303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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