Publications by authors named "Dorothy H Anderson"
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- Communities near federally protected areas often feel excluded from decision-making processes, which leads to tension and opposition against managing agencies.
- Research highlights trust as a crucial factor for effective public participation, but maintaining this trust is challenging in local communities.
- Interviews with residents and USDA Forest Service staff at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie show that expectations for management and relationships depend on transparent communication, collaboration, and addressing barriers like competing values and knowledge gaps.
A framework for profiling a lake's riparian area development potential.
J Environ Manage
December 2003
Some of the greatest challenges for managing residential development occur at the interface between the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems--in a lake's riparian area. Land use planners need a framework they can use to identify development hotspots, areas were the next push for development will most likely occur. Lake riparian development profiles provide a framework for linking ecological and social factors important to development.
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