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Title Lairds, land and sustainability : Scottish perspectives on upland management / edited by Jayne Glass [and others]
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Sustainability in the uplands -- pt. 2. Perspectives from private landownership -- pt. 3. Perspectives from community and NGO landownership -- pt. 4. Aligning upland estate management with sustainability
Summary Scotland is at the heart of modern, sustainable upland management. Large estates cover vast areas of the uplands, with a long, complex and emotive history of ownership and use. In recent decades, the Scottish uplands have increasingly been the arena for passionate debates over large-scale land management issues. Crucially, what kinds of ownership and management will best deliver sustainable futures for upland environments and communities? Although the globally unique dominance of private ownership remains a distinctive characteristic of Scotland's uplands, increasing numbers of estates are now
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Real property -- Scotland
Land use -- Scotland -- Planning
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Land use -- Planning
Real property
Environment and Ecology.
Scotland
Form Electronic book
Author Glass, Jayne
ISBN 9780748685882
074868588X
9780748685899
0748685898