To Conserve Unimpaired The Evolution of the National Park Idea /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Keiter, Robert B. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Wildlife.; Fish.; International environmental law.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; International Environmental Law.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

When the national park system was first established in 1916, the goal "to conserve unimpaired" seemed straightforward. But Robert Keiter argues that parks have always served a variety of competing purposes, from wildlife protection and scientific discovery to tourism and commercial develop...