LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING R Landscape and Urban Planning 40 (1998) 329-330 Special Issue — Ecosystem Management Vol. 40 Nos. 1-3 31 March 1998 The emergence of ecosystem management as a tool for meeting people’s needs and sustaining ecosystems R.C. Szaro, W.T. Sexton (Washington, DC, USA) and C.R. Malone (Carson City, NV, USA) Ecosystem management: what is it really? P.F. Brussard, J.M. Reed and C.R. Tracy (Reno, NV, USA) Seven pillars of ecosystem management R.T. Lackey (Corvallis, OR, USA) Lessons from experience with ecosystem-based management D.S. Slocombe (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Ecosystem management and conservation biology R.L. Knight (Fort Collins, CO, USA) Prospects for sustainability of biodiversity based on conservation biology and US Forest Service approaches to ecosystem management D.W. Crumpacker (Boulder, CO, USA) Healthy ecosystems and sustainable economies: the federal interagency ecosystem management initiative S.M. Stein (Washington, DC, USA) and D. Gelburd (Beltsville, MD An adaptive approach to planning and decision-making G. Lessard (Washington, DC, USA) The ecosystem approach: science and information management issues, gaps and needs R.C. Szaro (Washington, DC, USA), J. Bere (Annapolis, MD, USA), S. Cameron, S. Cordle (Washington, DC, USA), M. Crosby (Silver Spring, MD, USA), L. Martin (Alexandria, VA, USA), D. Norton, R. O’Malley and G. Ruark (Washington, DC, USA). . Ecosystem management: expanding the resource management ‘tool kit’ W.T. Sexton (Washington, DC, USA) Evolution of USDA Forest Service organizational culture and adaptation issues in embracing an ecosystem management paradigm J.J. Kennedy (Logan, UT, USA) and T.M. Quigley (La Grande, OR, USA) Relationships between ecological research and environmental management A.J. Underwood (Sydney, NSW, Australia) The role of fish, wildlife and plant research in ecosystem management S.C. Loeb (Clemson, SC, USA), M.R. Lennartz and R.C. Szaro (Washington, DC, USA) What risk management teaches us about ecosystem management K.S. Shrader-Frechette (Tampa, FL, USA) A role for economic analysis in the ecosystem management debate J.E. Wagner, V.A. Luzadis and D.W. Floyd (Syracuse, NY, USA) Institutions matter: the need to address the institutional challenges of ecosystem management H.J. Cortner, M.G. Wallace, S. Burke and M.A. Moote (Tucson, AZ, USA) Implementing ecosystem management: using multiple boundaries for organizing information W.T. Sexton and R.C. Szaro (Washington, DC, USA) Implementing ecosystem management: a framework for remotely sensed information at multiple scales W.T. Sexton, C.W. Dull and R.C. Szaro (Washington, DC, USA) Evaluation and ecosystem management: new directions needed? B.G. Norton (Atlanta, GA, USA) Why a policy of federal management and protection of ecosystems is a bad idea A.K. Fitzsimmons (Woodbridge, VA, USA) 330 Contents of Landscape and Urban Planning Volume 40 An ecosystem-based approach to managing America’s resources: a view from the U.S. Capitol Hill FYP a IRI WARREN ORS MID 6585 oon sh Bd. See ies et nes aeV ous enw Ld eBea ela eie ek Som Bele Susie ae NeP 203 Science, expertise and the public: the politics of ecosystem management in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem J. Freemuth (Boise, ID, USA) and R. McGreggor Cawley (Laramie, WY, USA)... ....0.0 e. eee .eee .eee eee 211 Ecosystem management and environmental policy in the United States: open window or closed door? R. Haeuber (Washington, DC, USA) 221 Vol. 40 No. 4 1 May 1998 Urban soil characteristics and limitations for landscape planting in Hong Kong oe Pat ee NOUN MIMI 5 2s Cae Je selva veall vah n aie Pe ioe wae Iona Uec onde Cabot cia ane een) 0 ons Soyetobe Ua eaeneee ae 235 Biophysical processes and bioregional planning: The Niagara Escarpment of southern Ontario, Canada M.R. 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