Changing Geography of National Parks and Protected Areas
Type: Virtual Paper
Day: 2/25/2022
Start Time: 9:40 AM
End Time: 11:00 AM
Theme: The Changing North American Continent
Sponsor Group(s):
Protected Areas Specialty Group
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Organizer(s):
Selima Sultana
, Joe Weber
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Chairs(s):
Selima Sultana, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Description:
National parks and other protected areas are facing unprecedented challenges and changes, whether political, environmental, or social. The ‘dual mandate’ under which U.S. national parks are managed requires that providing access to the scenic and historic features of America’s national parks be balanced by environmental protections, but political and budgetary considerations make this increasingly difficult. Parks and protected areas in other countries face a variety of threats at different scales and often with no easy solutions; these affect not just the biological resources but cultural landscapes. This session will examine topics such as, but not limited to:
• Vacation travel to the national parks and other protected areas
• Race/ethnicity, gender, and changing visitation
• Changing cultural contexts of parks
• Environmental consequences of development projects within parks
• Political challenges to parks
• Climate change impacts on historical sites
• Cultural landscapes in and around protected areas
Presentation(s), if applicable
Leandra Merz, University of Florida; Wildlife Predation by Dogs in Madagascar |
Joe Weber, University of Alabama; The Battlefield Parks and the National Park System |
Jeffrey Jenkins, University of California - Merced; Managing the hazardscape: The evolution of science, policy, and law in response to environmental hazards in Yosemite National Park |
Rojan Baniya, ; Visitors’ behavior in nature parks and protected areas |
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Changing Geography of National Parks and Protected Areas
Description
Virtual Paper
Contact the Primary Organizer
Joe Weber - jweber2@ua.edu
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