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A post-carbon future of conservation and tourism in Canada’s national parks: reimagining infrastructure and the commodification of nature
Topics: Cultural and Political Ecology
, Protected Areas
, Tourism Geography
Keywords: commodification of nature, national parks, political ecology, tourism, Canada, post-carbon, infrastructure Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract Day: Tuesday Session Start / End Time: 3/1/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 3/1/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) Room: Virtual 29
Authors:
Magdalena García, Université de Montréal
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Abstract
As the world population has grown and the cost of transportation has declined, tourism pre-COVID was growing at fast rates, including considerable numbers of visitors in national parks and other protected areas (Leung et al., 2018; Spenceley et al., 2021). Drawing on the work of political ecologists, I will discuss the role of infrastructure in the co-construction of national parks and the commodification of nature in Canada. The study will provide a historical overview of infrastructures in materializing tourism in national parks, discuss the financial controversies of the commodification of nature, and discuss the future of tourism in national parks nature under a post-carbon post-covid context.
A post-carbon future of conservation and tourism in Canada’s national parks: reimagining infrastructure and the commodification of nature
