Lairds, land and sustainability : Scottish perspectives on upland management
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
1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations
9780748685882, 9780748685899, 074868588X, 0748685898
859160940
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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2022
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