The challenges associated with developing science-based landscape scale management plans

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 3-12

  Szaro, Robert C ^a,c   Boyce Jr , Douglas A ^a   Puchlerz, Thomas ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Assessments; Information needs; Landscape scale planning; Resource analyses; Risk assessment panels; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER CONSERVATION;

ARCHIPELAGO ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE SCALE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDERS; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST;

URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PLANNING PROCESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CITIES; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; PLANNING; PLANTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844285400     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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