Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-13

  Mills, Morena ^a,b   Álvarez Romero, Jorge G ^b   Vance Borland, Ken ^c   Cohen, Philippa ^b,d   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Guerrero, Angela M ^a   Ernstson, Henrik ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Conservation Planning Institute   (United States)

^d WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation area design; Implementation; Natural resource management; Social network; Spatial prioritization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRIORITIZATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84887713255     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.015     Document Type: Review

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