Mountain Resorts

Ecology and the Law

By: Julia LeMense, Janet E. Milne (Editor)

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Hardcover | 16 February 2009 | Edition Number 1

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492 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 2.69

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Mountains are the home of significant ecological resources - wildlife habitat, fragile plant systems, delicate soils and water systems that serve the needs of a variety of populations, including communities located at the base of the mountains. These resources are subject to very visible and growing pressures, most of which are caused by the unique features of mountains. In this book, the extent to which the law protects the ecological systems of mountains is analyzed, using as case studies the impact of four mountain resorts in four ranges located in the USA and Canada. Each of the case studies involve different types of landowners (public, private, quasi-public), different ecological features and very different legal regimes. The book sets out to discover to what extent the law protects the mountains' ecological systems from the adverse impacts associated with the development, operation and expansion of resorts and how the law might better recognise the value of and protect these systems. In order to examine these issues the book takes an interdisciplinary approach, with contributions from lawyers, ecologists, political scientists and people associated with the tourism industry. It is acknowledged that the book cannot deal with every issue, but the main focus of the book is on activities on the mountains that affect their ecology and the ecology of communities at the base of the mountain and, conversely, how the activities of these communities might affect the mountains themselves. By concentrating on 'ecology', the book considers not only individual 'environmental' problems, but also the interactions between individual problems that result when all of the environmental problems are combined. Thus, not only is the effectiveness of the law in dealing with a particular problem considered, but so is the effectiveness of law in addressing the complex interactions of systems.

Industry Reviews

'Reading this book has made me want to read others in the Ecology and the Law in Modern Society series...' Mountain Research and Development 'A lucid analysis of the effects of mountain ski resorts on the environment. Applying the ecosystem concept - analyzing the movements of organisms, materials and water between landscape positions - to case studies in New England and Canada, Milne et al. provide an important critique of how ecology can work with the law to protect mountain ecosystems.' William H. Schlesinger, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA 'Ski resorts are often focal points of conflict, with lawyers and ecologists in opposing camps. This fascinating book shows that their perspectives are complementary, and that such an interdisciplinary approach is required to understand and move forward with the management of mountain areas in a complex and increasingly uncertain world.' Martin Price, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK 'As a boy my friends and I skied at Killington in Vermont every chance we got. We didn't ski a collection of trails; we skied "the mountain" . The authors of Mountain Resorts challenge environmental law to do the same thing - to manage mountain resort areas not as a forest here, a stream there, a meadow there, but as ecosystems. Using four mountain resort case studies, including my boyhood slopes at Killington, the book meticulously evaluates existing approaches and finds them lacking. The authors chart a clear path for the evolution of legal regimes and scientific research. The result is a book that offers lessons in ecosystem management law going far beyond mountain resorts.' J.B. Ruhl, Florida State University, USA

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