Ecosystem Planning in Florida: Solving Regional Problems through Local Decision-making

While ecosystem management requires looking beyond specific jurisdiction and focusing on broad spatial scales, most planning decisions particularly in the USA, are made at local level. By looking at land use planning in Florida, this volume recognises the need for planners and resource managers to address ecosystem problems at local and community levels.The factors causing ecosystem decline, such as rapid urban development and habitat grafmentation occur at the local level and are generated by local land use policies. This book argues that understanding how local jurisdictions can capture and implement the principles of managing natural systems will lead to more sustainable levels of environmental planning in the future.Brody, Samuel David is the author of 'Ecosystem Planning in Florida: Solving Regional Problems through Local Decision-making', published 2008 under ISBN 9780754672494 and ISBN 0754672492.