Managing Scotland's environment

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Expanded contents list......Page 8
Figures......Page 15
Preface to the first edition......Page 18
Preface to the second edition......Page 21
Acknowledgements......Page 23
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 25
Foreword......Page 27
Part One The nature and control of the land......Page 30
CHAPTER ONE The shaping of Scotland’s environment......Page 32
CHAPTER TWO The political and planning context......Page 52
Part Two The pieces of the jigsaw......Page 72
CHAPTER THREE The land: who should own Scotland?......Page 74
CHAPTER FOUR The trees: forest management......Page 96
CHAPTER FIVE The fields: agriculture and crofting......Page 131
CHAPTER SIX The waters: freshwater resource management......Page 169
CHAPTER SEVEN The animals: wildlife management......Page 203
CHAPTER EIGHT The ‘natural’: conservation management......Page 243
Part Three Interactions and controversies......Page 286
CHAPTER NINE Public access and recreation: whose rights and whose responsibility?......Page 288
CHAPTER TEN Natives, aliens and reintroductions: what species where?......Page 311
CHAPTER ELEVEN Integrating forestry: deer in woodlands, and trees on farms......Page 344
CHAPTER TWELVE Powering Scotland: windfarms and the energy debate......Page 369
Part Four Thinking and deciding about the environment......Page 402
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Environmental ethics and decision-making......Page 404
Part Five Conclusion......Page 434
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Environmental management in twenty-first-century Scotland......Page 436
References......Page 454
Index......Page 510