About BC Books Online
BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
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Description
The most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work available, Dictionary of Natural Resource Management provides a single source of definitions of natural resource management terms. It includes more than 6,000 entries, many of them illustrated and annotated, and a detailed set of appendices covering conversion factors, geological time scales, and classifications of organisms.
Contributor Notes
Julian Dunster is a registered professional forester, planner, and certified arborist. He is an environmental consultant for many government agencies and private companies in B.C. and elsewhere. He has a Ph.D. in regional planning and resource management. Katherine Dunster is a registered professional biologist and landscape architect. She has studied landscape architecture and recreation education and has a Ph.D. in biogeography and plant ecology.
Awards
- Winner, Communications and Research Award, Landscape Architecture Magazine
- Short-listed, Award for Planning Excellence, Canadian Institute of Planners
Editorial Reviews
The Dunsters have created a reference that will be valuable to students, scientists, editors, and other who work in an environmental or natural resource area. Their attention to details makes this work easy to use. It was a pleasant surprise to see the three appendices, which contain information that one often needs in a hurry but can never seem to find right away.
— Environmental Network News
Julian and Katherine Dunster's new Dictionary of Natural Resource Management helps bridge the gap between forestry and other fields in natural resource management.
— Canadian Silviculture Magazine
This monumental work is a "must have" addition to the desk of resource management professionals, scientists and administrators.
— Forest Forum
