TY - BOOK AU - Petrova,Saska TI - Communities in transition: protected nature and local people in Eastern and Central Europe T2 - Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice SN - 9781409448518 AV - SB484.E8 P48 2014 U1 - 333.720943 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Farnham PB - Ashgate Publishing Ltd KW - National parks and reserves KW - Europe, Central KW - Management KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Citizen participation KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Natural resources KW - Parcs nationaux KW - Europe centrale KW - Gestion KW - Europe de l'Est KW - Participation des citoyens KW - Aspect social KW - Aspect politique KW - Ressources naturelles KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Real Estate KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Central Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 From Place Attachment to Wilderness: Key Concepts; 3 Protected Areas and National Parks at the Global Scale: A Critical Survey; 4 Obstacles, Victims and Opportunists: Conceptualizing the Relationship between Local People and Nature Protection; 5 Nature Protection and Municipal Government During Socialism and After: Legacies, Challenges and Opportunities; 6 From Inflexible Legislation to Flexible Governance: Community Participation and Visitor-Related Challenges in Pelister National Park; 7 Ĺ umava: Rewilding and its Discontents8 Conclusions; References; Index N2 - Providing an integrated perspective on why, how and for whom nature conservation practices have been implemented in CEE, this book sheds further light upon the mechanisms through which such practices both redefine and are affected by the everyday life of people living in national parks. Offering a critical global review of the environmental motivations and power interests behind the creation of national parks, as well as a typology of the relations between local people and the dynamics of nature protection in them, this work challenges the dichotomy between developed and developing countries t UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=710319 ER -