Between conservation and development: Concretizing the First World Natural Heritage Site in the Alps through participatory processes

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-138

  Wiesmann, Urs ^a   Liechti, Karina ^a   Rist, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Democracy; European Alps; Multi stakeholder approach; Nature conservation; Participatory management planning; Sustainable regional development; World Heritage Sites

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE CONSERVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 27244452281     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0128:BCAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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