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Community, Place, and Conservation

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This chapter develops an analytical framework for examining the associations of community, place, and conservation. Community is characterized by place-oriented collective actions among a local population, through which residents express a shared sense of identity while engaging in the common concerns of life in the local society. Community-based natural resource management and conservation activities rooted in the assumptions, propositions, and concepts presented in this chapter have the potential to truly enhance the focus and effectiveness of resource management policies and practices at the community level.

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  1. Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University, 2446, Huntsville, TX, 77341-2446, USA

    Gene L. Theodori

  2. Department Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, Agricultural & Life Sciences Building, Office 437, College Station, TX, 77843-2261, USA

    Gerard T. Kyle

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    William P. Stewart

  2. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centre Avenue 2150A, Fort Collins, 80526-1891, Colorado, USA

    Daniel R. Williams

  3. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glacier Highway 11305, Juneau, 99801-8626, Alaska, USA

    Linda E. Kruger

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Theodori, G.L., Kyle, G.T. (2013). Community, Place, and Conservation. In: Stewart, W., Williams, D., Kruger, L. (eds) Place-Based Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5802-5_5

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