Mapping Wilderness Concepts, Techniques and Applications
This volume gives a comprehensive overview of wilderness mapping, and in doing so covers the conceptual and philosophical foundations, techniques and methodological approaches, and applications at a variety of spatial scales. The Editors have brought toge
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Mapping Wilderness Concepts, Techniques and Applications
Mapping Wilderness
Stephen J. Carver • Steffen Fritz Editors
Mapping Wilderness Concepts, Techniques and Applications
Editors Stephen J. Carver School of Geography University of Leeds Leeds, UK
Steffen Fritz Ecosystem Services and Management International Institute of Applied System Analysis Laxenburg, Austria
ISBN 978-94-017-7397-3 ISBN 978-94-017-7399-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7399-7
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016931854 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)
Robert George Lesslie This book is dedicated to the memory of Rob Lesslie, who sadly died in March 2014 during the writing of this book. Rob was a leading Australian geographer and ecologist whose working career spanned more than 30 years in natural resources evaluation and management in government, education, and the private sector. Throughout his career he published numerous book chapters, journal papers, and many technical reports, though Rob’s impact went well beyond this, with his being significantly involved in some of the most pressing natural resource management policies throughout his extensive career. Rob was instrumental in developing and delivering the Australian Government’s National Wilderness Inventory programme (1986–1996) and more recently led an advisory team that developed legislation for wilderness protection in South Australia, the Wilderness Protection Act. Currently some 1.8 million hectares of wilderness in SA is protected under the Act as a result of a state-wide assessment based on Rob’s work.
Rob played a significant role in several initiatives: shaping the Australia-China Environment Development Program (ACEDP), developing the scientific framework for the WildCountry
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