|
Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
|
|
Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-262) and index. |
|
|
Contents Note: |
Contents: Understanding cumulative effects. Grappling with cumulative effects / Lisa K. Harris and Lirain F. Urreiztieta -- The NEPA process : what the law says / Matt Kenna -- Regulating and planning for cumulative effects : the Canadian experience / Chris J. Johnson -- Quantifying cumulative effects / Paul R. Krausman -- The economics of cumulative effects : ecological and macro by nature / Brian Czech and Robert B. Richardson -- Case studies. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, environmental waivers and cumulative effects / Liraine F. Urreiztieta and Lisa K. Harris -- Piecemealing paradise : cumulative effects on scenic quality in the Coronado National Forest / Debby Kriegel -- Understanding and cumulative effects of human activities on barren-ground caribou / Anne Gunn [and others] -- The cumulative effects of suburban and exurban influences on wildlife / Paul R. Krausman [and others] -- Cumulative effects on freshwater fishes / Scott A. Bonar and William J. Matter -- Sage-grouse and cumulative impacts of energy development / David E. Naugle [and others]. |
|
|
Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: As humans continue to encroach on wildlands, quality and quantity of wildlife habitat decreases before our eyes. A housing development here, a shopping mall there, a few more trees cut here, another road put in there, each of these diminishes available habitat. Unless the cumulative effects of multiple simultaneous development projects are recognized and incorporated at the beginning of project development, we will continue to see wildlife habitat disappear at unprecedented rates. Divided into two parts, Cumulative effects in wildlife management emphasizes the importance of recognizing ... |
|
|
Elect. Loc./Access: |
CRCnetBASE http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781439809174 |