Authors:
- Robert Keiter is one of the great contemporary commentators on public lands management and is well known to the legal and natural resource management communities; he has earned a strong reputation for thoroughness and balance, and as a leading scholar in this field; academics and policy makers want to know what Keiter thinks
- The book’s overall unifying principle of managing parks as cores of regional ecosystems is a promising new idea for the role of parks in the twenty-first century, of interest not only to public lands audience but also to conservation biologists, restoration ecologists, and others concerned with biodiversity conservation
- The national park “idea” has widespread interest and support among academics, scientists, and the public
- This book builds on that interest and shows how parks can also be laboratories for solving ecological challenges from climate change and other 21st century pressures
- A well-written, engaging book with stories and case s
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 development. In this trenchant analysis, he explains how parks must be managed more effectively to meet increasing demands in the face of climate, environmental, and demographic changes.
Taking a topical approach, Keiter traces the history of the national park idea from its inception to its uncertain future. Thematic chapters explore our changing conceptions of the parks as wilderness sanctuaries, playgrounds, natural laboratories, and more, and the controversies that have ensued. Ultimately, Keiter demonstrates that parks cannot be treated as special islands, but must be managed as the critical cores of larger ecosystems.
Professionals, students, and scholars with an interest in environmentalhistory, national parks, and federal land management, as well as scientists and managers working on adaptation to climate change should find the book useful and inspiring.
Authors and Affiliations
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S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Robert B. Keiter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: To Conserve Unimpaired
Book Subtitle: The Evolution of the National Park Idea
Authors: Robert B. Keiter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-216-7
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Robert B. Keiter 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-216-7Published: 11 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 346
Topics: Nature Conservation, International Environmental Law, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management