Ecological and Social Functions Influencing Governance of Natural Resources

This project, funded by Land and Water Australia, was concerned with the disparities in spatial scale between the administrative and political entities responsible for resource management, the spatial extent of perceived responsibility and political representation among resource users, and the scales of ecosystem processes themselves. By measuring and representing on a GIS these three sources of influence on the scale of resource management, the project aimed to define new resource management regions in northern New South Wales which would allow more efficient administration, more meaningful local participation, and improved environmental outcomes. The project developed a spatially even social survey and mapping technique of "communities of common interest". An extension of this work facilitated development of a civimetric modelling technique and "Eco-Civic" regionalisation methodology.

Related publications

Ecological and Social Functions Influencing Governance of Natural Resources - Final Report
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Mapping Community Concern - Project Brochure
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Completed in 2002

Funded by: Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation

Contact: The Institute for Rural Futures