Ecology & wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site [[electronic resource] /] / Robert William Sandford ; with a foreword by James Thorsell |
Autore | Sandford Robert W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athabasca University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7209712332 |
Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) - Management
Environmental protection - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) Ecology - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
envrionment
nature climate change national parks |
ISBN |
1-282-85197-7
9786612851971 1-897425-58-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Overview Map; INVOCATION: The Magnificent Seven; PART ONE: The West We Had: Foundations of Place; 1 A Walk into the Past: Setting a Context of Place; 2 The Creation: Monumentality and Place; 3 The Creation: People and Place Before European Contact; 4 Exchanging What We Had for What We Want: The Fur Trade Era in the Canadian West; 5 The Coming of Death: Diminishment and Loss among the First Peoples of the West; PART TWO: The West We Have: Making the Mountains Our Home
6 Giving Meaning to Mountains and Making Them Ours: Mountaineering and the Aesthetics of Place7 Brushes with Eternity: Landscape Art and Photography in the Canadian Rockies; 8 Crystal and Cold Blue Chasms: The Literature of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site; 9 Stemming the Tide of Loss: The Give and Take of Modern Management In and Around the Mountain Parks; 10 Countering Dispossession: Saving Our Unique Mountain Culture; The East Slope: Flowing Toward the Atlantic; 11 The Birthplace of Canada's National Park Ideal: Banff National Park The North Slope: Flowing Toward the Arctic12 The Birthplace of Western and Northern Rivers: The Columbia Icefield and Jasper National Park; The West Slope: Flowing Toward the Pacific; 13 The Roof of the Canadian Rockies: Mount Robson Provincial Park; 14 Small, Remote, but Utterly Wild: Hamber Provincial Park; 15 The Geography of Wonder: Yoho National Park; 16 The Road to Radium: Kootenay National Park; 17 Matterhorn of the Rockies: Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park; PART THREE: The West We Want: Creating a Culture Worthy of Place 18 Respecting and Honouring the Great Bear: The Grizzly as a Symbol of the West We Want19 Seeing What Is Hidden in Plain Sight: Triumphing Over Diminishment and Loss; 20 Expanding the World Heritage Site Designation: Managing for Future Integrity Instead of Loss; 21 Creating a Culture Commensurate with Place; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141036803321 |
Sandford Robert W. | ||
Athabasca University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecology & wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site [[electronic resource] /] / Robert William Sandford ; with a foreword by James Thorsell |
Autore | Sandford Robert W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athabasca University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7209712332 |
Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) - Management
Environmental protection - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) Ecology - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (Alta. and B.C.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
envrionment
nature climate change national parks |
ISBN |
1-282-85197-7
9786612851971 1-897425-58-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Overview Map; INVOCATION: The Magnificent Seven; PART ONE: The West We Had: Foundations of Place; 1 A Walk into the Past: Setting a Context of Place; 2 The Creation: Monumentality and Place; 3 The Creation: People and Place Before European Contact; 4 Exchanging What We Had for What We Want: The Fur Trade Era in the Canadian West; 5 The Coming of Death: Diminishment and Loss among the First Peoples of the West; PART TWO: The West We Have: Making the Mountains Our Home
6 Giving Meaning to Mountains and Making Them Ours: Mountaineering and the Aesthetics of Place7 Brushes with Eternity: Landscape Art and Photography in the Canadian Rockies; 8 Crystal and Cold Blue Chasms: The Literature of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site; 9 Stemming the Tide of Loss: The Give and Take of Modern Management In and Around the Mountain Parks; 10 Countering Dispossession: Saving Our Unique Mountain Culture; The East Slope: Flowing Toward the Atlantic; 11 The Birthplace of Canada's National Park Ideal: Banff National Park The North Slope: Flowing Toward the Arctic12 The Birthplace of Western and Northern Rivers: The Columbia Icefield and Jasper National Park; The West Slope: Flowing Toward the Pacific; 13 The Roof of the Canadian Rockies: Mount Robson Provincial Park; 14 Small, Remote, but Utterly Wild: Hamber Provincial Park; 15 The Geography of Wonder: Yoho National Park; 16 The Road to Radium: Kootenay National Park; 17 Matterhorn of the Rockies: Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park; PART THREE: The West We Want: Creating a Culture Worthy of Place 18 Respecting and Honouring the Great Bear: The Grizzly as a Symbol of the West We Want19 Seeing What Is Hidden in Plain Sight: Triumphing Over Diminishment and Loss; 20 Expanding the World Heritage Site Designation: Managing for Future Integrity Instead of Loss; 21 Creating a Culture Commensurate with Place; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996213123503316 |
Sandford Robert W. | ||
Athabasca University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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