Peter B Urich

Biographic Data

ID1399728
NAMEPeter B Urich
GIVEN NAMESPeter B
FAMILY NAMEUrich
SIGNATUREURICH P B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Waikato – International Global Change Institute, PB 3105, Hamilton, 3105, New Zealand
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX1

  • El Niño

    Peter B Urich, Peter Urich et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2009References: 5

    Experience from adaptive and community-based resource management suggests that building resilience into both human and ecological systems is an effective way to cope with environmental change. El Niño phenomena are increasingly signalled in advance of their onset. We argue that it is beneficial to heed warnings of potential harm and to intervene in society to foster adaptations that might avert extreme negative ecological and social impacts which…

  • A Critical Review of Buffer Zone Theory and Practice

    Fiona M Lynagh, Peter B Urich et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2002

    As populations increase and forest areas decline, protected areas are being defined in an attempt to preserve remnants of original flora and fauna. This is problematic where local populations exist within or close to protected area boundaries. These people are often compelled to exploit protected area resources to survive. Theoretically, socioeconomic activities and projects directed at buffer areas can decrease pressure on protected areas and pr…

  • Policy and practice in karst landscape protection

    Open AccessPeter B Urich, Peter Urich et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal2001Cited by: 4References: 1

    The karst landscape in the interior of the Philippines' Bohol Province represents one of the world's premier kegelkarst (cone karst) environments. Government efforts to protect some of this karst, exemplified by the establishment of the Rajah Sikatuna National Park and the Chocolate Hills Natural Monument, have proven to be significant catalysts of social conflict. In Bohol there is a long history of traditional land tenure, which has recently be…

  • TNCs

    Kathryn Fisher, Karen T Fisher et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2001References: 1

    Until very recently private capital flows to developing countries have been growing rapidly. In the wake of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, foreign direct investment has been identified as a vital ingredient to restore and invigorate the economies in the Asian region and beyond. In an attempt to attract overseas capital and to stimulate economic development, countries such as the Philippines have stepped up the adoption of policies that all…

  • Information dissemination and communication in stakeholder participation

    Open AccessKathryn Fisher, Karen T Fisher et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Viewpoint1999References: 2

    Development theories in the 1990s embrace a much more people‐centred perspective than in previous decades. At the same time, foreign direct investment is increasingly being touted as a new form of development assistance, and transnational corporations as new aid agents. However, the ideology of the free market is incongruous with the people‐centredness of contemporary development theory. The result is a polarisation between participatory developm…

  • Tropical Karst Management and Agricultural Development

    Peter B Urich, Peter UrichARTICLEGeografiska Annaler Series B…1989References: 4

    Tropical karst environments are critically sensitive and thus require careful management. For over four centuries farmers on the Philippine island of Bohol have adapted a karst environment to a sustainable carabao/wet-rice agricultural system. Such time-honored adaptations to these karstic conditions form an important example of effective and viable karst occupance. Through conservative strategies the population has maintained production without …