Collaborative Conservation: How the Heritage and Environmental Conservation Movements Can and Should Unite for Progres

Collaborative conservation is the symbiotic partnership between environmental conservation and heritage conservation, combining the most successful characteristics of both to improve human quality of life. This thesis evaluates the relationship between the two practices in California since the 1960s and identifies their common interests as disciplines. The demolished Roosevelt Naval Base and temporarily rescued Seaport Marina Hotel in Long Beach serve as case studies to examine the crossovers and opportunities in this approach. Discovering the relationship between these interests, understanding pitfalls of current legislation, and developing a course of action to pursue this new approach to policymaking will result in more effective tools for advocates of both environmental and heritage conservation.