Applying Integrated Resource and Environmental Management to Transmission Right-of-way Maintenance |
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Authors: | Jill Harriman Douglas Baker |
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Institution: | Environmental Planning , University of Northern British Columbia , 3333 University Way, Prince George, British Columbia, V2N 4Z9, Canada E-mail: dbaker@unbc.ca |
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Abstract: | The concept of a substantive integrator is introduced as a method for integrated resource and environmental management as a means to assimilate different resource values at the operational or field level. A substantive integrator is a strategic management tool for integrating multiple uses into corporate management regimes that traditionally manage for single values. Wildlife habitat management is presented as a substantive integrator for managing vegetation on electric utility power line corridors. A case study from northern British Columbia provides an example of wildlife habitat management as a means to integrate other resource values such as aesthetics, access and subsistence along British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority's transmission rights-of-way. |
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