Why ecosystem management can't work without Social science: An example from the California northern spotted owl controversy

1 September 1996

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Management

Vol. 20 (5) , 667-674
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01204138

Abstract

It is increasingly obvious that social science, while not a sufficient condition for making ecosystem management effective, is a necessary condition. A social science typology of ecosystems is developed, applied, and shown to have substantial and unexpected implications for the practice of ecosystem management. Ecologists and environmental scientists, in particular, will find some conclusions uncomfortable. The application involves a case material from the California northern spotted owl controversy.

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