Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies Experiences in Southern Africa /

Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies Experiences in Southern Africa /

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Against the background of colonial and postcolonial experiences, this volume shows that power relations and stereotypes embedded in the original Western idea of a national park are a continuing reality of contemporary national and transnational parks. The volume seeks to dispel the myth that colonia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ramutsindela, Maano (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
Series:GeoJournal Library, 79
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Human geography.
Social Sciences.
Human Geography.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Society-Nature Dualism and Human Gradation
  • The Imprint of Imparkation in Southern Africa
  • The Consequences of National Parks
  • New Nations and Old Parks
  • (Dis)Continuities: Property Regimes in Nature Conservation
  • Searching for a People-Nature Matrix
  • The Packaging of Community Benefits
  • Transfrontier Parks: New Regimes and Old Practices
  • Conclusion: Science and (Trans)National Parks
  • Postscript: the Durban Accord and the Next Ten Years.

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