Conservation Connecting Multiple Scales of Place

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Journal/Book Title

Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Volume

Place Based Conservation: Perspectives from the Social Sciences

First Page

35

Last Page

44

Abstract

This chapter stretches the notion of place and its role in conservation by exploring interactions across multiple scales via new forms of governance. This process may enable rural, resource-dependent communities, previously deemed incapable of asserting much influence on decision-making, to engage in extra-local relationships to better serve their community interests. Theoretical explorations of place, scale, community and regional fields, and governance are followed by a summary of emerging place-based influences on decision-making in the context of recent widespread landscape disturbance in north central Colorado. In this case, new relationships were forged via expanding place and multi-scale linkages and innovative forms of governance.

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