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Hernandez, Salinas Alberto. "Les relations entre les sciences environnementales et les politiques dans le Programme MAB de l´UNESCO en Amérique Latine et son adaptation au Mexique, au Chili et en Haïti." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA047/document.

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Les impacts environnementaux sont un défi global. Le programme sur l’Homme et la Biosphère de l’UNESCO (MAB) peut donner un appui international à un de ces défis que l’humanité doit relever : comment arriver à promouvoir un développement économique, social et politique tout en conservant les ressources naturelles limitées dont nous disposons. Cette thèse propose une vision historique du programme afin de comprendre son évolution et de mettre en avant la relation entre les sphères politique et scientifique qui l´ont dirigé. Les cas d´étude du Mexique, du Chili et de la République d´Haïti, mettr
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Jackson, Kellee, Pierre Johnson, and Melinda Jolley. "Strategic Methods in Community Engagement for UNESCO Biosphere Reserves." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4935.

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This research aimed to find strategic methods in community engagement related to regional sustainable development, specifically within the context of regions in Europe and North America that are applying for the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development was presented as a planning framework that can fill gaps in the current Biosphere Reserve planning process. A tool for assessing community engagement based on the five Process Characteristics of transparency, cooperation, openness, inclusiveness, and involvement was created and used to explore com
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Krause, Annette Maria. "UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Sweden: Ideal concept for development or inefficient decorative label?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149825.

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UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserve model reflects a shift from segregating towards more integrating area protection. This is attempted to be achieved through combining environmental protection with sustainable development, acknowledging hereby also human interests. The model is conceptually appealing and gaining popularity, which is indicated by the growing number of reserves worldwide. However, to successfully implement the desired goals in practice is challenging and substantial evidence of the concept’s effects is scarce. The aim of this thesis is, therefore, to investigate on the basis of the Swed
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Hanson, Anne-Marie Sarah. "Constructing Spaces, Changing Priorities: Conservation and Tourism in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193270.

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Natural protected areas (NPAs) are created for the protection of biodiversity and natural resources. In NPAs, diverse social constructions of nature come together, representing the specific and often contrasting values of disparate interest groups. The establishment of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, Mexico fueled social conflict between groups in the region, because its borders cut across existing ejidos (communal lands). The incongruence of policies and actions related to land management in Calakmul presents a particular case where national and international interests are impo
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Tucker, Colin Michael. "Developing sustainability indicators for the Kogelberg and Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserves, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79828.

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Thesis (MScConEcol)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Declines in natural capital, such as the degradation of ecosystems and loss of species, are the result of threats created by anthropogenic activities. The concept of sustainable development encompasses the economic and social growth of societies, with limited impacts on the natural environment. Sustainable development initiatives are being implemented in an attempt to mitigate the global decline in natural capital. Biosphere reserves, which are designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisa
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Munoz-Barriga, Andrea [Verfasser]. "Governance and Management of Tourism in two Biosphere Reserves: Galapagos and Sumaco / Andrea Munoz-Barriga." Greifswald : Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1053320361/34.

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Sundberg, Juanita R. "Conservation encounters : NGOs, local people, and changing cultural landscapes /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Webbe, Jaime Alexandra. "An analysis of the feasibility of developing a network of residential outdoor schools within the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association /." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33947.

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Residential outdoor schools are multi-day learning camps that provide unique settings in which to deliver environmental education. However, such schools are also very complex to develop and difficult to maintain and operate. Within Canada though, there are many examples of successful outdoor school operations, three of which are considered here: the North Vancouver Outdoor School, the Olympic Park Institute and the Golden Ears Learning Centre. From these case studies lessons can be learned regarding issues such as: land tenureship, program design, staffing options, administrative systems, faci
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Rossing, Peter. "Evaluating ecotourism in Mexico’s biosphere reserves – whale watching activities in the World Heritage Site of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 1994-2002." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51.

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A descriptive case study approach and 34 indicators was used to examine the socio-economic impacts of whale watching tourism in the Laguna San Ignacio (LSI) World Heritage Site - located within the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The framework measured both the socio-economic changes, and the economic viability of the local and regional operators. This approach led to a detailed understanding of the underlying, and often complex, inter-related factors that shaped the ecotourism development in LSI between 1994 and 2002. It identified strengths and weaknesses of cur
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Pool-Stanvliet, Ruida [Verfasser]. "The UNESCO MAB Programme in South Africa : current challenges and future options relating to the implementation of Biosphere Reserves / Ruida Pool-Stanvliet." Greifswald : Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald, 2014. http://d-nb.info/105922884X/34.

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Fritz-Vietta, Nadine Veronica Marion [Verfasser]. "Building Bridges in Biosphere Reserves : the role of natural and social values in integrative conservation and development concepts in Madagascar; Mananara-Nord and Sahamalaza Iles-Radama Biospher Reserves [[Elektronische Ressource]] / Nadine V.M. Fritz-Vietta." Greifswald : Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1023913712/34.

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Fritz-Vietta, Nadine V. M. [Verfasser]. "Building Bridges in Biosphere Reserves : the role of natural and social values in integrative conservation and development concepts in Madagascar; Mananara-Nord and Sahamalaza Iles-Radama Biospher Reserves [[Elektronische Ressource]] / Nadine V.M. Fritz-Vietta." Greifswald : Universitätsbibliothek Greifswald, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-001255-1.

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Strauss, Simon Yale. "Marginal protection : sustainable development, social resilience and migration within natural protected areas of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, central Mexico." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99609.

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Natural protected areas are places intended to protect nature, but it is now accepted that their social impact must be compatible with the ideals of 'sustainable development': they must conserve nature while improving, or at least not injuring, the socio-economic status of human communities. In Mexico, recent conservation policy has emphasized the creation of biosphere reserves, a type of protected area designed as a practical application of the concept of sustainable development. Previous research has shown that in Mexico and elsewhere, such reserves are often created in areas that are enviro
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Martell, Richard. "The participatory design of an ecosystem approach to monitoring in support of sense-making: What's the Point?" Thesis, University of Waterloo, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1005.

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Environmental monitoring initiatives are typically conceived as strictly scientific affairs designed to provide support for managerial decision-making; as a consequence most initiatives are centered on a formal mandate or an overarching mission statement that provides direction for monitoring activity. But official frameworks tend to marginalize lay perspectives as experts pursue disciplinary rigor at the expense of public input, a situation not in keeping with the spirit of the biosphere reserve concept. This thesis argues that an alternative design approach that reaches beyond scientists
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Gaudry, Sada Karl Heinz [Verfasser], and Werner [Akademischer Betreuer] Konold. "Territorial governance through nature conservation regimes : : an analysis of spatial planning traditions and the role of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves = Territoriale Governance durch Naturschutzregime : eine Analyse der Raumplanungstraditionen und die Rolle der UNESCO-Biosphaerenreservate." Freiburg : Universität, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1115861174/34.

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Solbrig, Franziska. "Integrating conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity : Four Examples of Ecosystem Management Areas in Germany and Sweden." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1259.

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<p>The loss of biodiversity is recognised as a tremendous threat to ecosystems, but its maintenance is challenging. One important issue is seen as decisive for its success: the integration of sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity that means to reconcile protective measures with different kinds of use. This study investigated management areas that explicitly emphasise this issue: UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Reserves that shall contribute to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use and an initiative from the Swedish government called Regional Landscape St
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Dunn, Benjamin P. "Tracing the Path of Sustainable Development through Major International Conferences: A Brief History and Overview of Sustainable Development 1964-2002." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28413/.

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Starting with the idea that unsustainable practices contribute to issues of social justice and poverty as much as to ecological issues. Chapter 1 traces the origins of the terms sustainable and development individually to see how it is that they came together. Chapter 2 traces the major international conferences and documents and their use of the terms sustainable development. Chapter 3 takes a phenomenology approach to get a bit deeper into sustainable development. I examine the most commonly cited definition of sustainable development as well as a broader definition of sustainable developmen
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Schultz, Lisen. "Nurturing resilience in social-ecological systems : Lessons learned from bridging organizations." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-27503.

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In an increasingly complex, rapidly changing world, the capacity to cope with, adapt to, and shape change is vital. This thesis investigates how natural resource management can be organized and practiced to nurture this capacity, referred to as resilience, in social-ecological systems. Based on case studies and large-N data sets from UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) and the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), it analyzes actors and social processes involved in adaptive co-management on the ground. Papers I &amp; II use Kristianstads Vattenrike BR to analyze the roles of local stewards and
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Schaffer, Douglas. "Marine Corps Reserve officer manpower modifications during the Long War a case to achieve parity with the active component /." Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA490780.

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Ciccozzi, Elena. "La tortue, le requin et le jaguar. : L'aménagement du territoire et la gouvernance des ressources naturelles dans les aires protégées, par les instruments de politique. Les cas des Galápagos et du Yasuní en Equateur." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA172/document.

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Espaces emblématiques des dynamiques complexes entre l’homme et l’écosystème dans des aires protégées abritant des ressources naturelles commune, les îles Galápagos et le Yasuní en Équateur partagent une histoire de dégradation environnementale, conflits socio-environnementaux et chaos territorial. La présence de biens communs, source d’une rente économique liée à la biodiversité et aux hydrocarbures (Yasuní) attire depuis un demi-siècle les intérêts des industriels du pétrole et du tourisme qui ont systématiquement exercé un poids déterminant sur les décisions en matière d’aménagement et de g
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Guzmán, Rafael. "Gauging success in protecting Mexican biosphere reserves." 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24583338.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1991.<br>Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-154).
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Coetzer, Kaera Leigh. "Spatio-temporal dynamics of land-cover change in a multi-use conservation landscape: the case of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa." Thesis, 2014.

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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 24 March in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2014.<br>The Biosphere Reserve (BR) model of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) reflects a shift towards more socially accountable conservation, setting a basis for improving the relationships between people and their environment. The BR approach of dual ‘conservation’ and ‘sustainable development’ objectives is a long-term perspective that increases people’s ability to sustaina
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Stairs, Gavin Simeon. "The social construction of sustainable rural futures in the world network of biosphere reserves." 2007. http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/connect/dissertations.html.

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Moffat, Andrew John. "A suitability assessment of farms for inclusion in a UNESCO-approved biosphere reserve : the case of the Itala Biosphere Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5559.

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This project describes and evaluates a method of assessing the suitability of 161 farms for inclusion in a biosphere reserve. Farms were chosen as a basic study unit over more ecologically based units because the decision to participate in the biosphere reserve rests with the landowner. The study area is located in northern KwaZulu-Natal, between Hlobane, near Vryheid, and the Itala Nature Reserve where local landowners are exploring the possibility of establishing a biosphere reserve. A brief review of the natural, social and economic contexts is given in order to identify local dynamics rele
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Ferreira, Ana Filipa Dinis. "Managing Social-Ecological Systems for People and Nature: Insights from the World Network of Biosphere Reserves." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/103103.

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Biodiversity loss is a current major environmental problem at a global level. However, given the complexity and interdependency between social-ecological systems, integrated strategies, that combine biodiversity conservation with other environmental and socio-economic goals, are necessary. Biosphere reserves are multifunctional landscapes, designated by UNESCO, that are ideally managed in a participatory way to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. However, despite there are biosphere reserves designated all over the world, their realization has been limited. Rese
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Boychuk, Elizabeth. "Modeling change : a case study comparison of biosphere reserve governance in Canada and the United Kingdom." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10170/655.

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Climate change is inevitable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has forewarned the global community of the consequences of unrestrained burning of fossil fuels (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2011, para. 2). Until there is an economically viable source of alternative energy that can meet current and future demands, consumption of fossil fuels will continue to rise unless abated by models of governance that can assure sustainable use (Homer-Dixon &amp; Garrison, 2010, p. 4). Climate change mitigation strategies take place in isolated cases where the resources and
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John, Makeddah. "Investigating the Feasibility of Establishing a Biosphere Reserve on the Northeast Coast of St. Lucia." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5255.

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The feasibility of establishing the northeast coast of St. Lucia as a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve was investigated. A Biosphere Reserve is a concept of sustainability that attempts to harmonize development, the welfare of the people, and the maintenance of a healthy ecological system while learning how to manage socio-ecological systems on the ground (UNESCO 1996a). The west coast of the island is heavily concentrated with commercial, tourism, and residential developments while the northeast coast of the island consists largely of dry forest and small, rural communities. The northe
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"Exploring Just Sustainability in a Canadian Context: An Investigation of Sustainability Organizations in the Canadian Maritimes." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-06-2106.

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Sustainability has been characterized and explored mostly from an environmental standpoint, with relatively less attention paid to social and economic dimensions. Because many sustainability organizations have grown out of the environmental movement, they tend to emphasize environmental priorities and retain many of the organizational strategies that were pioneered when the focus was on environmental conservation. However, to attain a more socially and economically informed environmental practice, broader procedural aspects, including recognition and participation, and substantive aspects, inc
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Andrian, Giorgio [Verfasser]. "Reconciling biodiversity preservation and local sustainable development : the role of the MAB biosphere reserves in the South-Eastern European countries / vorgelegt von Giorgio Andrian." 2005. http://d-nb.info/975459678/34.

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Agersted, Peter Rossing. "Evaluating ecotourism in Mexico’s biosphere reserves : whale watching activities in the world heritage site of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1994-2002." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18133.

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A descriptive case study approach and 34 indicators was used to examine the socio-economic impacts of whale watching tourism in the Laguna San Ignacio (LSI) World Heritage Site - located within the EI Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur. Mexico. The framework measured both the socioeconomic changes, and the economic viability of the local and regional operators. This approach led to a detailed understanding of the underlying, and often complex. inter-related factors that shaped the ecotourism development in LSI between 1994 and 2002. It identified strengths and weaknesses of curr
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Brinkcate, Therese Anne. "People and parks: implications for sustainable development in the Thukela biosphere reserve, KwaZulu/Natal." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20957.

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A dissertation submitted to the faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Johannesburg 1997<br>South Africa has recently begun a number of conservation Initiatives which link conservation with the development of people This follows a worldwide trend in which it is acknowledged that conservation cannot be undertaker without the participation of local communities who are most affected by the establishment of protected areas The Thukela Biosphere Reserve In KwaZulu/Natal South Africa iS such an Initiative The
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Williams, Robert Edward. "Understanding stakeholder perspectives : the case of Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park & the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10170/426.

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Parks and protected areas are crucial for the health of the biosphere and long-term sustainability of the planet. However challenges these areas face include: there are simply not enough of them, the existing ones are often too small and fragmented, and there is not always public support for them. Regional parks are specific types of protected areas that can help contribute to conservation and sustainability. The effectiveness of protected areas for conservation can be enhanced through a variety of strategies such as “biosphere reserves”. This research looks at stakeholder perceptions regardin
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Henriques, Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho. "Ilha do Corvo, Reserva da Biosfera- que relações se tecem entre os habitantes e a Reserva?" Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15308.

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No âmbito da discussão mundial sobre as questões do meio-ambiente os temas da biodiversidade e do desenvolvimento sustentável têm sido dos mais discutidos e analisados a nível global, em resultado de ambos terem uma forte relação com as questões do desenvolvimento económico. Integrado nesta questão da promoção e defesa da biodiversidade surgem as Reservas da Biosfera, orientadas e divulgadas pela UNESCO (o órgão das Nações Unidas para a ciência, cultura e educação). Partindo desta ideia neste meu trabalho procuro fazer uma abordagem à relação que se estabelece entre a população de uma pequen
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Edge, Sara. "Challenges and Opportunities Facing Local Governance Agents in Advancing an Ecosystem Approach to Conceptualizing and Governing Community Health in Norfolk County, Ontario." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3347.

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This research focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing local governance agents in advancing an ecosystem approach to conceptualizing and governing community health in Norfolk County, Ontario. Norfolk County is a rural, agriculturally-based community dependent upon tobacco production. This industry has collapsed, triggering widespread socioeconomic impacts and community health pressures. The government is searching for alternative modes of economic development and tensions are high with respect to the direction and nature of these developments. Some citizens are concerned about th
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