Lairds, Land and Sustainability : : Scottish Perspectives on Upland Management / / Martin Price, Alister Scott, Jayne Glass, Charles Warren.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Glass, Jayne,; Price, Martin,; Warren, Charles,
• MitwirkendeR: Glass, Jayne,; Mc Morran, Robert,; McKee, Annie,; Morran, Robert Mc,; Price, Martin F.,; Scott, Alister,; Wagstaff, Pippa,; Warren, Charles,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

A wide-ranging study of how different landownership models deliver sustainability in Scotland's upland areasPresents major new thinking on upland estate managementFirst dedicated textbook on upland estate managementRespected and experienced academic editorial teamAn academic synthesis of theory and practical case-studiesScotland is at the heart of modern, sustainable upland management. Large estates cover vast areas of the uplands, with a long, complex and emotive history of ownership and use. In recent decades, the Scottish uplands have increasingly been the arena for passionate debates over large-scale land management issues. Crucially, what kinds of ownership and management will best deliver sustainable futures for upland environments and communities?Although the globally unique dominance of private ownership remains a distinctive characteristic of Scotland's uplands, increasing numbers of estates are now owned by environmental NGOs and local communities, especially since the Land Reform (Scotland) Act of 2003. A decade after the passage of this landmark Act, this book synthesises research carried out on a diverse range of upland estates by the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands. The findings from privately-owned estates as well as those owned by communities, charities and conservation groups will prove enlightening and relevant to upland managers, policy makers, and researchers across Britain and Europe.With the Scottish Government promoting a vision of environmental sustainability, and with the new diversity of ownerships and management now appearing, this timely and topical book investigates the implications of these different types of land ownership for sustainable upland management.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded contents list -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- Notes on the contributors -- Part One. Sustainability in the uplands -- Chapter One. Sustainability in the uplands: introducing key concepts -- Chapter Two. Recognising Scotland's upland ecosystem services -- Part Two. Perspectives from private landownership -- Chapter Three. The Scottish private estate -- Chapter Four. What motivates private landowners? -- Chapter Five. The laird and the community -- Part Three. Perspectives from community and NGO landownership -- Chapter Six. Community landownership: rediscovering the road to sustainability -- Chapter Seven. Buying nature: a review of environmental NGO landownership -- Part Four. Aligning upland estate management with sustainability -- Chapter Eight. A sustainability tool for the owners and managers of upland estates -- Chapter Nine. Lessons for sustainable upland management -- Index