Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
Frameworks & Perspectives
Editors: Walsh, Stephen J., Mena, Carlos F. (Eds.)
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- Highlights the challenges to conservation imposed by tourism in the Galapagos Islands
- Focuses on the social and ecological shocks to the people and environment of the Galapagos
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In this launch of the Galapagos series, this book provides a broad “framing” assessment of the current status of social and ecological systems in the Galapagos Islands, and the feedback that explicitly links people to the environment. It also highlights the challenges to conservation imposed by tourism in the Galapagos Islands and the attendant migration of people from mainland Ecuador to service the burgeoning tourism industry. Further, there is an emphasize on the status of the terrestrial and marine environments that form the very foundation of the deep attraction to the Islands by tourists, residents, scholars, and conservationists.
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From the reviews:
“This book, edited by Walsh (Univ. of North Carolina) and Mena (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador), both associated with the Galįpagos Science Center, focuses on studies of the social and ecological sustainability of the islands. … Although the book’s purpose is foundational for future volumes in the series, it can easily stand alone as a valuable and needed overview of the complex human-environmental interactions in the Galįpagos. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), August, 2013)
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
Pages 1-22
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Changing Views of the Galapagos
Pages 23-48
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Perspectives for the Study of the Galapagos Islands: Complex Systems and Human–Environment Interactions
Pages 49-67
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The Socioeconomic Paradox of Galapagos
Pages 69-85
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Environmental Crisis and the Production of Alternatives: Conservation Practice(s) in the Galapagos Islands
Pages 87-104
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
- Book Subtitle
- Frameworks & Perspectives
- Editors
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- Stephen J. Walsh
- Carlos F. Mena
- Series Title
- Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
- Series Volume
- 1
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5794-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-5794-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5793-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-0216-3
- Series ISSN
- 2195-1055
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 246
- Topics
