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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. What Is a National Park?
• 2. “Nature’s Cathedrals”: A Wilderness Sanctuary
• 3. “A Pleasuring Ground”: Tourism in the Wild
• 4. “The Nation’s Playground”: Recreating in Paradise
• 5. “A Commercial Commodity”: Putting Nature on Sale
• 6. “Ancestral Lands”: Nature, Culture, and Justice
• 7. “Nature’s Laboratory”: Experimentation and Education
• 8. “Fountains of Life”: An (Imperfect) Wildlife Reserve
• 9. “A Vital Core”: Ecosystem-Scale Conservation
• 10. “Growing the System”: New Parks and New Strategies
• 11. Nature Conservation in a Changing World
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author.