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Changing Value Perspectives in Natural Resource Allocation: From Market to Ecosystem
Author(s) -
Higgs Eric S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1987)116<525:cvpinr>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - ecosystem management , natural resource , environmental resource management , context (archaeology) , resource allocation , value (mathematics) , resource management (computing) , natural resource management , resource (disambiguation) , business , ecosystem , backcasting , natural (archaeology) , natural resource economics , environmental economics , ecology , economics , geography , computer science , sustainability , biology , market economy , archaeology , machine learning , computer network
The recognition of a greater role for value concerns in natural resource allocation policies and the shift to more biocentric moral perspectives in our treatment of the environment have considerable implications for natural resource allocation policy in the future. These issues are documented in the context of allocation policies in the Great Lakes basin. It is recommended that “backcasting” techniques, which create a future image of what we want a resource to be, be used to assist the transition to a more ecosystemic and sustainable form of environmental management in which values play a predominant role.