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Dixon, Alan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Maddock, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-8700 (2025) Introduction. In: The Routledge Handbook of Wetlands. Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks . Routledge, London, pp. 3-7. ISBN ISBN: 978-1-032-11381-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-11388-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-21964-4 (ebk)

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Dixon, Alan
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Maddock, Ian
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Abstract:

This introductory chapter sets the scene for this Routledge Handbook of Wetlands by discussing the value and significance of wetlands, and how ideas about wetlands have shifted over time. It acknowledges some of the tensions inherent in global wetlands conservation, and the need to manage wetlands for people and the environment in order to achieve sustainable development outcomes. Thereafter, it outlines the themes and issues addressed in different sections of this handbook.

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G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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© 2026 selection and editorial matter, Alan Dixon and Ian Maddock; individual chapters, the contributors; All rights reserved., The right of Alan Dixon and Ian Maddock to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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