Resolving Environmental Conflicts: Principles and Concepts, Third Edition (Social Environmental Sustainability)

Resolving Environmental Conflicts: Principles and Concepts, Third Edition (Social Environmental Sustainability)

by Chris Maser (Author), Chris Maser (Author), Lynette de Silva (Author)

Synopsis

Previous editions have proven highly useful to both academics and practitioners who engage in environmental conflicts. Written in a clear and concise style, the text is a valuable, solution-oriented contribution that explains environmental conflict management. The new edition illustrates how to successfully mediate actual environmental disputes and how to teach conflict resolution at any level for a wide variety of social-environmental situations. Questions are posed at the end of each chapter and a new chapter on water conflicts is added to discuss the applied practice of conflict management.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Edition: 3
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 20 May 2019

ISBN 10: 1138498823
ISBN 13: 9781138498822

Author Bio
Chris Maser spent over 25 years as a research scientist in natural history and ecology in forest, desert, coastal, and agricultural settings. He has lived, worked, consulted, resolved environmental conflicts, and/or lectured in US and in Austria, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Slovakia, Switzerland. Today he is an independent author as well as an international lecturer, facilitator in resolving environmental conflicts, vision statements, and sustainable community development. He is also an international consultant in forest ecology and sustainable forestry practices. He has written over 290 publications, including 40 books authored and coauthored in the last 20 years. Lynette de Silva directs the Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation at Oregon State University. She teaches courses in water conflict management; and water resources management; and has acted as a consultant to UNESCO, offering training to senior water professionals. Over the past 20 years, she has worked in areas emphasizing water resources and land management practices.