Resource management as a social science and a natural science?

Abstract

Resource management as a social science and a natural science? Just as we were getting used to thinking in terms of “catchment area” rather than individual rivers and multiple species integrated management rather than single species MSY models, now the human dimension is thrown into the loop as well. Berkes and Folke, the editors of Linking social and ecological systems challenge us to think about resource management in new ways. Resource and ecosystem management is necessary "but it requires fundamentally different approaches, not mere tinkering with current models and practices" (p. 428).