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The Changing Geography of National Parks and Protected Areas
About this book
This book contains recent geographic work examining the changing geography of protected areas in the U.S. and Europe. These places can be national parks, forests, or other places that are being protected for their significant aesthetic, historical, or environmental values by governments and communities. These places can be studied with reference to their physical environments, the management of their plant and animal life, which places are to be protected, who visits these places (and who does not, and why not), and how we think of these places. This work includes examinations of many parks and issues that affect them, such as land degradation, the social and political geography involved in creating new national park units, visitation by underserved segments of the population, and the changing names of protected areas. It makes use of work using methods and data as diverse as remote sensing, nineteenth survey plats and GIS, and online visitor surveys.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: The Changing Geography of Protected Areas
- 2. Geographic Research on National Parks: A Review and Prospectus
- 3. From Land Degradation to Habitat Loss: A Qualitative Assessment of Vegetation Cover in Protected Areas of Arid Lands
- 4. The Role of National Parks in the Development of Disadvantaged Karst Areas in Some European Countries
- 5. National Parks and Wildlife Restoration in the Global North: The Case of Wolves in the United States and France
- 6. Failed National Park Proposals in âSweet Home Alabamaâ
- 7. Equity and Inclusion in the National Park Service: Historical Challenges, New Possibilities
- 8. The Contentious Redesignation of the Gateway Arch National Park
- 9. Canyon de Chelly National Monument and the Vanishing Navajo Meridian
- 10. Youth Visitor Trends in United States National Parks: A Preliminary Study
- Back Matter