Celebrating Diversity: Adaptive Planning and Biodiversity Conservation

Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice

“…It is important to safeguard diversity in all dimensions, including socio-cultural, economic and technological. Diversity is a source of learning and a resource base for adaptation and reorganisation (Lister and Kay 2000;Kay and Schneider 1994;Rammel and van den Bergh, 2003). Diversity in product offerings is also needed for meeting heterogeneous preferences and local circumstances.…”

The role of transitional uses, temporary interventions & "ephemerality" in post-industrial waterfront spaces: lessons for Toronto's port lands.

“…This approach sees the city as a creative laboratory where scale-appropriate experimentation and incremental planning provide an opportunity for informal learning and collaborative and conscious activity, where "the failures [of an experiment] are often as informative as the outright successes" (Greenberg, 1996, 217). Responsive and responsible experiments, exhibited in a "safeto-fail" environment, allow for observation, reflection and evaluation (Lister, 1998(Lister, , 2000(Lister, , 2010.…”

“…According to Kato and Ahern (2007), adaptive management (also called adaptive design by Lister, 1998Lister, , 2000Lister, , 2010 is a well-established method in natural resource and ecosystem management, but is yet to be widely applied and integrated into planning.…”

The assessment of biogeographical change in the Western Greenbelt of Ottawa using geomatics

“…For this reason, few analytical studies seek to offer suggestions for more effective management applications. An exception is the work of Lister and Kay (2000), who argue for a system termed adaptive planning and management in Ontario, which may have generic applications. This system emphasises flexibility in the analysis of temporal change, integration of scientific methods with values, and multiple tools of research and management.…”

“…There is a paucity of studies that incorporate geomatics into IR, despite the fact that strong recognition has been give to the need for scientific methods for the assessment of protected areas. Most studies appear to be based on species inventories, or large-scale landscape classifications and analysis (Lister and Kay, 2000). For example, Brownell and Larson (1995) describe natural area evaluation in Ontario since the mid-seventies, an example being the study by Cuddy et al (1976) Federal lands and within the City of Ottawa (Brownell 1993).…”