Places of quiet beauty : parks, preserves, and environmentalism /

Resource protection and public recreation policies have always been subject to the shifting winds of management philosophy governing both national and state parks. Somewhere in the balance, however, parks and preserves have endured as unique places of mind as well as matter. Places of Quiet Beauty a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conard, Rebecca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1997.
Colección:American land and life series.
Temas:
Nature conservation > Iowa > History.
Parks > Iowa > History.
Natural areas > Iowa > History.
Environmentalism > Iowa > History.
Nature > Conservation > Iowa > Histoire.
Réserves naturelles > Iowa > Histoire.
Environnementalisme > Iowa > Histoire.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Environmentalism.
Natural areas.
Nature conservation.
Parks.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Ecology.
Iowa.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Resource protection and public recreation policies have always been subject to the shifting winds of management philosophy governing both national and state parks. Somewhere in the balance, however, parks and preserves have endured as unique places of mind as well as matter. Places of Quiet Beauty allows us to see parks and preserves, forests and wildlife refuges & mdash;all those special places that the term & ldquo;park & rdquo; conjures up & mdash;as measures of our own commitment to caring for the environment. In this broad-ranging book, historian Rebecca Conard examines the complexity of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.
ISBN:1587290391
9781587290398

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