The human dimension of resource management programs.

From: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The human dimension of resource management looks at the "outliers" not those behaviors occuring in the bell curve. These authors believe the outliers behavior in specific biophysical settings, has a multiplicative effect. The interaction of these two dimensions is where research on policy effectiveness needs to be focused. This would require a new approach to research activities resulting in enhancement to current approaches to measuring conservation programs, structural changes to research activities, and changes in policy instruments.

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