An integrative methodological framework for sustainable environmental planning and management |
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Authors: | Derek Armitage |
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Institution: | (1) 41 Roosevelt Avenue, N2L 2N2 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Sustainable environmental planning and management require effective integration of ecological, socioeconomic, and institutional
elements. This paper presents an integrative methodological framework for sustainable environmental planning and management.
The development of this integrative framework is accomplished by combining two complementary analytical approaches—Hufschmidt's
conceptual framework for watershed planning and management and the ABC resource survey method. The combined methodological
framework seeks to delineate and synthesize essential ecological information utilizing an integrative resource survey method.
This method generates classifications of environmental significance and constraint. Areas of environmental significance and
constraint are then linked to appropriate and acceptable resource management actions, implementation tools (e.g., education,
technical assistance), and institutional and organizational arrangements. The integrative methodological framework was developed
for application in the Rio Fortuna watershed in Costa Rica's Arenal Conservation Area. The watershed is characterized by a
variety of land and resource uses, including biologically diverse and ecologically fragile protected areas, small-parcel agriculture,
cattle ranching, and tourism. |
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Keywords: | Environmental planning and management Sustainability Watershed Integrative framework Implementation Institutional arrangements |
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