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Natural Resources and Communities

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Concentration in natural resources and communities includes management of resources available to a community and ways to improve quality of life. Focus is on such resource management concepts as sustainability, community values, institutional arrangements, and adaptive strategies. This approach includes the identification of community assets, the assessment of options, and the applications of anthropology adapting to the future. Consideration is given to the equity impacts of resource conservation and development. This concentration is of international as well as domestic importance.