Dwyer, J.F. & G.M. Childs, 2004, Movement of people across the landscape: a blurring of distinctions between areas, interests, and issues affecting natural recourse management, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, ,
- Author : Dwyer, J.F. & G.M. Childs
- Year : 2004
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pages : 153-164
- Contents in English : The spread of development from cities into surrounding forests and farms continues to receive a great deal of attention from the media and resource managers in the US and other countries. However, suburban sprawl is just one of many inter-linked components of the movement of people across the landscapes that influence resource management. Substantial changes are taking place in urban areas, fringe areas, and rural recreation/amenity areas. The changing distribution of people across the landscape has important implications for the management of natural resources. The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible implications of these changes for the management of natural resources. The author’s observations draw heavily from their own experiences and those of their colleagues (of this issue), and while this body of work is based in the Midwestern US, much of what is presented in this paper has wider applicability. The authors begin with a look at some areas that are often “hotspots of change” where people/natural resource interactions are likely to undergo significant changes. They examine than some key linkages and commonalities among these hotspot areas. The authors close with possible implications and questions for natural recourse management, policy and program development, and research.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: urban sprawl, natural recourses management, landscape change, urban fringe areas, rural areas.