Pave It or Save It: Widelife Protection Planning Under the Base Closure and Realignment Acts.

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the following question: "What factors appear most closely associated with successfull wildlife protection planning at Air Force bases closed under the Base Closure and Realignment Acts?" Six factors were investigated: local environmental ethical concern and activism, local community wealth, community cohesion and stability, demographic/geographic characteristics, public participation, and administrative context and processes. A modified grounded theory approach to knowledge creation and a historical comparative case study between a closed Air Force base that successfillly produced wildlife protection plans and one that did not produce equivalent plans was used in this research. Data were collected through semi-structured, open-ended interviews and the analysis of relevant documents. The interview data, document data, and themes for each base were then compared.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 19, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370138

Entities

People

  • Thomas N. Williams Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Management

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