| Description |
xviii, 277 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266). |
| Summary |
The authors explain the need for collaboration in the management of natural resources and cite successful partnerships doing so, including government agencies, community groups, businesses and individuals across the USA. |
| Contents |
The Promise and Challenge of Collaboration in Resource Management -- Building Bridges to a Sustainable Future -- Why Is Innovation Occurring? -- A New Style of Resource Management -- The Uses and Mechanisms of Collaboration -- A Guide to Making Collaboration Work -- Why Collaboration? -- Building Understanding -- Making Wise Decisions and Building Support for Them -- Getting Work Done -- Developing Agencies, Organizations, and Communities -- The Challenge of Collaboration -- The Basic Dilemma -- Institutional and Structural Barriers -- Barriers Due to Attitudes and Perceptions -- Problems with the Process of Collaboration -- Overcoming Barriers -- Lessons from a Decade of People Working Together -- Building on Common Ground -- A Sense of Place or Community -- Shared Problems or Fears -- Shared Goals or Interests -- Compatible Interests -- Creating New Opportunities for Interaction -- Working at Outreach through Communication -- Establishing New Structures -- Crafting Meaningful, Effective, and Enduring Processes -- A Meaningful and Legitimate Process of Interaction -- An Effective Process -- An Enduring Process -- Focusing on the Problem in New and Different Ways -- A Willingness to Try New Approaches -- A Holistic Perspective -- Problem Focused, Not Bound by Positions or Procedures -- Not Bound by Traditional Conceptions of Agency Roles -- Learning Together -- Bounding the Problem with Credible Information -- Fostering a Sense of Responsibility and Commitment -- Transforming "Them" to "Us." |
| Subject |
Conservation of natural resources -- United States.
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Natural resources -- United States -- Management.
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Conservation of natural resources. (OCoLC)fst00875502
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Natural resources -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst01034438
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Resource management.
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Natural resources.
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| Added Author |
Yaffee, Steven Lewis.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Wondolleck, Julia Marie. Making collaboration work. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)606369521 |
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Online version: Wondolleck, Julia Marie. Making collaboration work. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)608129632 |
| ISBN |
1559634618 (cloth) |
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9781559634618 (cloth) |
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1559634626 (paper) |
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9781559634625 (paper) |
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