Habitat Conservation Planning by Timothy Beatley PAPERBACK 9780292708068

Habitat Conservation PlanningEndangered Species and Urban Growth\nAuthor(s): Timothy Beatley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292708068, 978-0292708068\nSynopsis\nAs environmental awareness grows around the world, people are learning that a diversity of species and the habitat to support them is necessary to maintain the ecological health of the earth. At the same time, however, the pressure to develop wildlife habitat for human settlement and economic gain also grows, causing frequent clashes between the forces of development and of conservation.\n\nThis pioneering study focuses on a new tool for resolving the land-use conflict-the creation of habitat conservation plans (HCPs). Timothy Beatley explores the development and early results of this provision of the United States' federal Endangered Species Act, which allows development of some habitat and a certain \""take\"" of a protected species in .