Conventional methods used in the planning and management of human-landscape interactions fall far short of the needs of today’s land management professionals. The book Monitoring, Simulation, and Management of Visitor Landscapes, edited by Randy Gimblett and Hans Skov-Petersen, published by University of Arizona Press, presents a growing body of applied research that provides decision makers with tools to maintain the ecological integrity of public places by evaluating the impacts of humans in various landscapes across space and time. More information available on the book website.

The IDEA book series addresses the increasing importance for interdisciplinary systems research that relates to assessing policy and resource management options that could lead to improved sustainability outcomes. It aims to capture current trends in, and promote the advancement of: new intellectual tools and processes that integrate consideration of multiple issues, interest groups, disciplines and scales in addressing the wide-ranging impacts of controllable and uncontrollable drivers on socioeconomic, ecological, hydrological and institutional performance.

The first  books that appeared in this new series are:

• Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management
  
  • Theory
  • Practice
• Environmental Futures

 More information on these books can be found by clicking on the above links.