
To Conserve Unimpaired
The Evolution of the National Park Idea
Robert B. Keiter(Author)
Island Press
Published on 9. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-59726-660-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the evolution of the American national park idea, with the goal of defining a new vision for national parks in today's world - a world in which adaptation to climate change presents a major challenge to park management.
Keiter's thesis is that the national parks have changed as society has changed, that new ideas have emerged and been tested, and that changes in park policy must ultimately remain faithful to the Organic Act's "conserve unimpaired" mandate.
Individual chapters address the idea or role of national parks as: wilderness areas; recreational playgrounds; tourist destinations; local economic engines; laboratories or classrooms; native or tribal homelands; wildlife reserves; and ecosystem
cores in a larger landscape.
Keiter's thesis is that the national parks have changed as society has changed, that new ideas have emerged and been tested, and that changes in park policy must ultimately remain faithful to the Organic Act's "conserve unimpaired" mandate.
Individual chapters address the idea or role of national parks as: wilderness areas; recreational playgrounds; tourist destinations; local economic engines; laboratories or classrooms; native or tribal homelands; wildlife reserves; and ecosystem
cores in a larger landscape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
534 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59726-660-4 (9781597266604)
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Robert B. Keiter is the Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, University Distinguished Professor, and founding Director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources, and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.