Robert E. Manning is a professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, where he teaches park and wilderness management and environmental history and philosophy, and conducts a program of research for the U.S. National Park Service.
"Parks and Carrying Capacity demonstrates how applied social
science can inform national park and protected area managment.
Forging a strong link between academy and practice is increasingly
important given the need for rigorous methodologies to analyze
problems, identify management responses, and evaluate their
effectiveness. Manning emphasizes a framework that will advance
adaptive management and engage the public in creating sustainable
strategies for our shared resources."--Nor J. Mitchell "Director,
Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service"
"Over the years, the concept of carrying capacity, so critical to
management of parks and protected areas, has been enriched by a
host of theoretical and empirical advances. For more than two
decades, Manning's work has been at the heart of this progress and
has given us the means to understand how values and expectations
affect human use of parks and protected areas. Parks and Carrying
Capacity is poised to become the standard work on the
subject."--David Harmon "Executive director, the George Wright
Society"
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