The Socio-Economic Values in Land Resource Management

This reprint aims to show how power-driven decisions in the form of different socioeconomic values (political, economic and societal) have shaped and still shape land resource management. Further, we are interested in values that decisions are based on and how ecosystem services (food, water, wood, leisure, pollination, culture, etc.) offered by land resources have been affected in different states, regions and communities all over the world. Land resources have high socioeconomic value and present the essence of society’s existence. This book aims to show how power-driven decisions in the form of different socioeconomic values (political, economic and societal) have shaped and still shape land resource management. Further, the book assesses the values that decisions are based on and how ecosystem services (food, water, wood, leisure, pollination, culture, etc.) offered by land resources have been affected in different states, regions and communities all over the world.