Conservation in the Internet age: threats and opportunities
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington Island Press c2002
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-345)
Networks and nature in the American experience / James N. Levitt -- The Internet, new urban patterns, and conservation / William J. Mitchell -- Rural rebound of the 1990s and beyond / Kenneth M. Johnson -- Farmland in the age of the Internet: "Let them eat electrons"? / Ralph E. Grossi -- Internet use in a high-growth, amenity rich region / James N. Levitt and John R. Pitkin -- Rural development and biodiversity: a case study of greater Yellowstone / Andrew J. Hansen and Jay J. Rotella -- The green Internet: a tool for conservation science / Leonard Krishtalka ... [et al.] -- BirdSource: using birds, citizen science, and the Internet as tools for global monitoring / John W. Fitzpatrick and Frank B. Gill -- Conservation advocacy and the Internet: the campaign to save Laguna San Ignacio / S. Jacob Scherr -- Envisioning rural futures: using innovative software for community planning / William Roper and Brian H.F. Muller -- The watershed approach, biodiversity, and community preservation: bold initiatives in conservation in Massachusetts / Bob Durand and Sharon McGregor -- Natural amenities and locational choice in the new economy / Joel S. Hirschhorn -- Conservation philanthropy and leadership: the role of network entrepreneurs / Peter R. Stein and James N. Levitt -- Conclusion: a call for conservation innovation / James N. Levitt
Annotation Since the earliest days of our nation, new communications and transportation networks have enabled vast changes in how and where Americans live and work. Transcontinental railroads and telegraphs helped to open the West; mass media and interstate highways paved the way for suburban migration. In our own day, the internet and advanced logistics networks are enabling new changes on the landscape, with both positive and negative impacts on our efforts to conserve land and biodiversity. Emerging technologies have led to tremendous innovations in conservation science and resource management as well as education and advocacy efforts. At the same time, new networks have been powerful enablers of decentralization, facilitating sprawling development into previously undesirable or inaccessible areas.Conservation in the Internet Ageoffers an innovative, cross-disciplinary perspective on critical changes on the land and in the field of conservation. The book:provides a general overview of the impact of new technologies and networksexplores the potentially disruptive impacts of the new networks on open space and biodiversitypresents case studies of innovative ways that conservation organizations are using the new networks to pursue their missionsconsiders how rapid change in the Internet Age offers the potential for landmark conservation initiativesConservation in the Internet Ageis the first book to examine the links among land use, technology, and conservation from multiple perspectives, and to suggest areas and initiatives that merit further investigation. It offers unique and valuable insight into the challenges facing the land and biodiversity conservation community in the early twenty-first century, and represents an important new work for policymakers, conservation professionals, and academics in planning, design, conservation and resource management, policy, and related fields
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 364 p.)
ISBN:142378006X
9781423780069

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