Rationalization and conservation: Ecology and the management of nature in the United Kingdom

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-291

  Adams, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos ecological restoration; Conservation nature; Ecology equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; RATIONALISATION;

UK;

EID: 0031404248     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1997.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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