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Title

Forest policies and social change in England / Sylvie Nail.

Author

Nail, Sylvie

Publication

[Dordrecht ; London] : Springer, c2008.

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Description

xix, 328 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as sources of wood. Rather these countries are increasingly recognizing their forests as multi-purpose resources with roles which go far beyond simple economics. In this innovative book, Sylvie Nail uses England as a case study to explore the relationships between forests, society and public perceptions, raising important questions about forest policy and management both now and in the future. Adopting a sociological approach to forest policy and management, the book discusses the current validity of the two principles underlying forestry since the Middle Ages: first, that forestry should only exist when no better use of the land can be made, and second, that forestry itself should be profitable. The author stresses how values and perceptions shape policies, and conversely how policies can modify perceptions, and also how policies can fail if they do not take perceptions into account. She concludes that many of the issues facing English forestry in the 21st century - from leisure, health and amenity provision, through education and rural as well as urban regeneration, to biodiversity conservation - go well beyond both national borders and the scope of forestry. Indeed forestry in the 21st century seems to be less about planting and managing trees than about being a vector and a mirror of social change. This novel synthesis provides a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers from all areas of natural resource studies, including those interested in social history, socio-economics, cultural geography and environmental psychology, as well as those studying landscape ecology, environmental history, policy analysis and natural resource management.

Series Statement

World forests ; v. 6

Uniform Title

World forests ; v. 6.

Subjects

• Public Policy
• Biological Science Disciplines
• Cultural Heritage
• Forestry Management
• Social Policy
• Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
• Social policy
• Humanities
• Nature Conservation
• Forests and forestry
• Regional planning
• Geography
• Forest policy > England

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Cover -- TOC$Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- CH$1 Preliminary Chapter: Woodlands as Landscapes of Power -- 1.1 British Woodlands, from Nature to Culture -- 1.1.1 Natural Woodland -- 1.1.2 The Beginnings of Cultivation -- 1.2 Woodlands as Spaces of Exclusion -- 1.2.1 The Forest Law -- 1.2.2 Hunting as an Aristocratic Privilege -- 1.2.3 Reactions and Controversy -- 1.3 The Economic Balance Between Agriculture and Forestry -- 1.3.1 Woodlands as Residual Land Use -- 1.3.2 The Uses of Wood and Timber -- 1.3.3 The Beginnings of Plantations -- 1.4 Wooden Walls and Hearts of Oak -- 1.4.1 Political Identity -- 1.4.2 The Oak and the Navy -- 1.4.3 Hardwoods and Social Status -- 1.4.4 The Aesthetics of Tree-Planting -- Part I: The Institutionalisation of Forestry -- CH$2 New Relationships with the Woodland -- 2.1 Agriculture in Crisis -- 2.2 The Emergence of Scientific Forestry -- 2.3 Urbanisation and the Rural Idyll --^
• 2.4 Woodland and Leisure for the Working-Class -- CH$3 The Productivist Dream and Its Aftermath -- 3.1 The Traumatic Context of World War I -- 3.2 Post-Second World War Priorities -- 3.3 Waking Up -- 3.4 New Labour and the England Forestry Strategy -- CH$4 Widening the Scope -- 4.1 Amenity -- 4.2 Conservation -- 4.3 Sustainability: A New Preoccupation in Forestry -- 4.4 Integrating All Forestry Missions -- CH$5 Forestry Comes to Town -- 5.1 The Origin of the Concept -- 5.2 Importing the Concept -- 5.3 Urban Forestry in Britain -- 5.4 Governmental Involvement -- Part II: Multi-Purpose Forestry: Another Name for Utopia? -- CH$6 The Economy of Postproductivist Forestry, The Impossible Challenge? -- 6.1 The Meanings of 'Profitability' -- 6.2 New Outlets for Forest Products -- 6.3 The Markets of Recreation and Tourism -- CH$7 Phoenix Reborn: The Role of Forestry in Regeneration -- 7.1 Rural Regeneration -- 7.2 Industrial and Urban Regeneration --^
• CH$8 The Contribution of Woodlands to the Environment -- 8.1 The Benefits of Trees -- 8.2 The 'Field of Dreams' -- 8.3 Tree Planting and Environmental Law -- CH$9 Social Forestry and the Health and Education Agenda -- 9.1 The Birth of Social Forestry -- 9.2 Health and the Natural World -- 9.3 Education, a Newly-Born Target -- Part III: The Tree-Led Solution to Empowerment -- CH$10 Forestry Paradigms and Resource Provision -- 10.1 Questioning the Expert Paradigm -- 10.2 Fresh Approaches to Environmental Valuation -- 10.3 The Key Issue of Access -- CH$11 Woodland Participation and Community Building -- 11.1 Sustainability and Social Inclusion -- 11.2 From No Man's Lands to Thriving Communities -- 11.3 Ladders of Participation and Scales of Interest -- CH$12 Grafting the Past onto the Present: The Heritage of Woodlands in the 21st Century -- 12.1 'Trees of Time and Place' -- 12.2 Heritage, a Modern Word -- Concluding Remarks: Rebranding England Through Consensual Woodlands? --^
• Bibliography -- Chronology -- I

ISBN

• 9781402083648 (hbk.)
• 1402083645 (hbk.)

OCLC

974506531

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library