Overview
- Re-frames invasive species management as a community problem that requires community action
- Presents engaging narratives on community engagement in the context of invasive species management
- Reconnects technical practice and human practice in invasive species management
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Practitioner Profiles: First-Person Practice Stories
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Wild Dog Groups—Three Case Studies
Keywords
- Invasive Species Management in Australia
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management
- Community Engagement in Invasive Species Management
- Wild Dog Management
- Narratives of Invasive Pest Management
- Narrative Inquiry in Community Engagement
- Community Engagement in Natural Resource Management
- Narrative Research for Community Engagement
- Narrative Research in Invasive Species Management
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management
- Narrative Research in Rural Sociology
- Collective Action into Invasive Species
- Pest Management and Community Action
- Practitioner Action for Invasive Species Management
- Invasive Species Practitioner Profiles
- Narratives of Community Development
- Pest Management in Australia
- Australian Invasive Species
- Natural Resource Managers
- Fish and Wildlife Biology
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Theodore R. Alter is Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics in Pennsylvania State University's Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Community Development. Theodore is Penn State's premiere engagement scholar; engagement and engaged scholarship are key dimensions of his research, teaching and public service. He championed rewarding faculty for outreach scholarship, collaborated with state organisations, has served as Director of Penn State Cooperative Extension and on the boards of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship and the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Previously Theodore was Penn State's Associate Vice President for outreach, Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Director of Penn State Cooperative Extension. He has a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Rochester, and a Masters and Doctorate in resource economics and policy from Michigan State University where he was also a National Defense Education Act Fellow.
Paloma Z. Frumento is a Research Associate with the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Her career is animated by a desire to catalyse and support cross-cultural communication and collaboration: she has worked on an intercultural bilingual education program in Ecuador, a rural library development project in Kenya, and an agricultural engineering extension initiative in Senegal and the Gambia. Paloma holds a B.A. from Columbia University.
Lyndal J. Thompson is a Senior Policy Officer at the Australian Government Department of Education and Training and an applied agri-environmental researcher. Her research foci includes community development, adult education, agricultural extension and the social psychology of decision-making. Lyndal holds a Bachelor of Natural Resources (Hons) and a Doctorate from the University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Community Pest Management in Practice
Book Subtitle: A Narrative Approach
Authors: Tanya M. Howard, Theodore R. Alter, Paloma Z. Frumento, Lyndal J. Thompson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2742-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2741-4Published: 22 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2742-1Published: 13 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 233
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Environmental Management, Social Work and Community Development, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management