Defining Wilderness Quality
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Page : 124 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Wilderness areas
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 16,11 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Wilderness areas
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Forest policy
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Author : George H. Strankey
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 1971*
Category : Wilderness areas
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Author : Martin Hawes
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 2018-08-10
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ISBN : 9780648364405
Author : Stephen J. Carver
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 20,86 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401773998
This volume gives a comprehensive overview of wilderness mapping, and in doing so covers the conceptual and philosophical foundations, techniques and methodological approaches, and applications at a variety of spatial scales. The Editors have brought together a range of contributors who are both experts in their field and cutting-edge thinkers in the wilderness and spatial mapping domain. Spatial information technology and mapping science is a rapidly expanding and a developing field and so it is expected to be able to add to this volume in the future. This book provides a record of the "state of the art" and will enable the reader to follow this lead and map his/her own wilderness.
Author : Brian Glaspell
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
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ISBN : 9781480172401
The 1964 Wilderness Act calls for "...an enduring resource of wilderness...for the use and enjoyment of the American people" and lists among the attributes of wilderness "outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation." These statements confirm experiential opportunities as one of the primary purposes of wilderness. Furthermore, by signing the act into law, Congress declared that wilderness experiences are so important they are worthy of protection by national legislation. Wilderness experiences have been credited with everything from personal psychological benefits to formation of the national character. Heavy or growing use levels at many wilderness areas are proof that the public increasingly values the opportunity to experience wilderness firsthand. In response to the fear that increasing use would threaten the experiential qualities of wilderness and wildlands, researchers with training in sociology, psychology, and anthropology began a focused program of outdoor recreation research in the 1960s. Although the initial focus was on determining objective visitor "carrying capacities" for protected areas, scientists soon found that the relationship between use numbers and wilderness visitor experiences is extremely complex. This research expanded to address the values that people hold for wilderness (including nonrecreation values), the types and dimensions of wilderness experiences, and factors that influence those experiences. Simultaneously, managers and scientists worked together to develop techniques and long-term planning frameworks to ensure that quality wilderness experiences continue to be available. Whereas early wilderness stewards had few resources other than instinct and personal experience to guide them, managers today have access to a significant body of literature related to defining, managing, and monitoring wilderness experiences. In fact, the volume of available information can be confusing or even overwhelming. This reading list gathers together and organizes a representative sample of this information in a way that we hope will be useful to both managers and researchers.
Author : Maxine E. McCloskey
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Page : 304 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Wilderness areas
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Author : John C. Hendee
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Wilderness areas
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Author : H. Ken Cordell
Publisher : Venture Publishing (PA)
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
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"Gone are those of the 1950s and early 1960s who championed preserving wild lands and who influenced and saw the birth of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Gone too are myriad eager managers and proponents of wild land protection of the late 1960s and 1970s who helped rear the fledgling Wilderness system and bring it into adolescence by adding management practices and policy interpretations. In this, the 40th year since the birth of the NWPS, this middle-age federal land system is surrounded by many new faces as its childhood friends have moved on to other callings, have retired, or are no longer with us. Needed in these new times is a clear, comprehensive articulation of the multiple values of Wilderness. The overall purpose of this book is to tell fully what we know about the range of values Americans hold toward the NWPS in a factual, wide-ranging, and science-based way. A multidisciplinary team of authors and researchers clarify the meaning of different types of Wilderness values and present replicable, science-based evidence of these values in this volume. The intended audience is all those new faces who can and do have power over the future of the U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System as well as all who seek to influence those who have this power. This book is also intended for teachers, students, and other inquisitive people involved in formal or informal learning and research programs. The authors intend this compilation to help better inform interested and engaged members of the general public about the values of their public Wilderness areas. After all, it is the American citizen who is ultimately responsible and can influence public policy in the greatest measure through their individual and collective voices and actions." -- Publisher.
Author : Jennifer Lamb
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0811732541
Survey of the legislation and agency structures that define wildlands management today. Thought-provoking and filled with valuable information, this is an essential tool for anyone who cares about the future of wilderness in the U.S. Book jacket.