Stewardship

This article is about responsible planning and management in general. For other uses, see Stewardship (disambiguation).
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Former EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson teaches environmental stewardship to Roberto Clemente Middle School Students.

Stewardship is a practice committed to ethical value that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. The concepts of stewardship can be applied to the environment and nature,[1][2][3] economics,[4][5] health,[6] places,[7] property,[8] information,[9] theology,[10] and cultural resources.

  1. ^ Chapin, F. Stuart III, Gary P. Kofinas, and Carl Folke (eds). 2009. Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World. Springer. ISBN 978-0387730325.
  2. ^ Ricardo Rozzi and collaborators. 2012, Integrating ecology and environmental ethics: Earth stewardship in the southern end of the Americas, BioScience 62(3): 226-236
  3. ^ Hendee, John C. and Chad P. Dawson. 2002. Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values (3rd Edition). Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN 978-1555918552.
  4. ^ Peter Block, Peter. 2013. Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest (2nd Edition). Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 978-1609948221.
  5. ^ Curtis, Gregory. 2012. The Stewardship of Wealth, + Website: Successful Private Wealth Management for Investors and Their Advisors. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118321867.
  6. ^ Robinson, Joe Sam, M. Sami Walid, Aaron C. M. Barth (Editors). 2012. Toward Healthcare Resource Stewardship: Health Care Issues, Costs, and Access. Nova Science. ISBN 978-1621001829
  7. ^ Town and Country Planning Association, The Heart of the Matter: Emerging Lessons in Long-Term Stewardship, published March 2022, accessed 29 May 2023
  8. ^ Meidenger, Errol E. 1998. Laws and Institutions in Cross-Boundary Stewardship. pp. 87-110 In: Knight, Richard L., and Peter Landres (Editors). Stewardship Across Boundaries. Island Press. ISBN 978-1559635158.
  9. ^ National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ensuring the Utility and Integrity of Research Data in a Digital Age. 2009. Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309147828.
  10. ^ Van Dyke, Fred. 2008. Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications (2nd Edition). Springer. pp 39-48. ISBN 978-1402068904.