Springer Forest Landscape Restoration: Integrating Natural and Social Sciences: 15 (World Forests, 15)

Bringing together experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book defines the nature and potential of FLR to address a global environmental problem. From the Back Cover Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy. About the Author I. Introduction1. What is Forest Landscape Restoration? David Lamb, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, John Stanturf, US Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, USA, Palle Madsen, Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen, Denmark2. What Can Landscape Ecology Contribute to Forest Landscape Restoration? Tom Crow, US Forest Service, Ft. Collins, Colorado USA3. Landscape Management; Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Kristofer Covey, Aaron Hohl, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, David Larsen, University of Missouri, James B. McCarter, University of Washington, Andrew Niccolai, Yale University, and Jeremy Wilson, University of Maine, USAII. Natural Science Perspectives4. Hydrologic Connectivity of Landscapes and Implications for Forest Restoration; R. Chelsea Nagy, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island and B. Graeme Lockaby, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA5. Connecting Landscape Fragments Through Riparian Zones; Gary Bentrup, Mike Dosskey, Gary Wells, and Michele Schoeneberger, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska USA6. Understanding Landscapes through Spatial Modeling; Michael Wimberly and Stephen P. Boyte, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, and Eric Gustafson, US Forest Service, Rhinelander, Wisconsin USAIII. Social Science Perspectives7. Forest Landscape Restoration Decision-Making and Conflict Management: Applying Discourse-Based Approaches; Jens Emborg, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg , Denmark, Gregg Walker, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon and Steven Daniels, Utah State University, Ogden, Utah, USA8. Alternative Approaches to Urban Natural Areas Restoration: Integrating Social and Ecological Goals; Paul Gobster, US Forest Service, Chicago, Illinois, USA9. Urban Forest Landscape Restoration - Applying Forest Development Types in Design and Planning; J. Bo Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Fredriksberg, Denmark and Anders Busse Nielsen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden10. Watershed-Scale Adaptive Management: A Social Science Perspective; Catherine Allan and Allan Curtis, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia and Bruce Schindler, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA11. The Economics of Restoration; Kerrie A. Wilson, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Megan Lulow, Jutta Burger