Bruckhorts, D., P. Coop & I. Reeve, 2006, Eco-civic optimisation: a nested framework for planning and managing landscapes, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, 75,
- Author : Bruckhorts, D., P. Coop & I. Reeve
- Year : 2006
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 75
- Pages : 265-281
- Contents in English : An important institution for regional resource governance is civic engagement in local affairs, including recourse use issues. Local civic engagement has traditionally been structured around local government and more recently, to catchment-based decision-making bodies. If citizens are to participate in regional resource management in ways that are meaningful to them it is important that both the landscape units being discussed and the Jurisdictional boundaries are meaningful. This paper contributes one approach towards catalysing more participative institutions for recourse governance, planning and management. The current work focused on development and trial of a methodology to map the extent of the strength of community interest in a geographic area and combining these with biophysical areal units of similarity delineate functional zones for recourse governance.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: social landscapes, resource governance, ecological landscapes, civic engagement