The management of natural resources to promote development that is economically viable, socially beneficial, and ecologically sustainable; S. Moore and S. Rockloff (2006) analyse the Australian government’s attempts to effect nationwide changes in the management of agricultural areas and rangelands; see also Robins and Dovers (2007) Geogr. Res. 45, 3 on NRM in Australia, and Perreault (2006) Antipode 38, 1 on the exclusion of Bolivia’s poor resulting from the restructuring of water and gas resources. For the methodologies used in natural resource management, see Viergever et al. (2006) Geomatics World 4 and G. Herath and T. Prato (2006).