Tourism and National Parks: International Perspectives on Development, Histories and Change

ISBN-13: 9781138867192 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 376 str.

Warwick Frost; C. Michael Hall

Opis

The volume’s focus on the long standing connection between tourism and national parks; and the changing concept of national parks over time and space give the book a distinct niche in the national parks and tourism literature.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Introduction: The Making of the National Park Concept  2. Reinterpreting the Creation Myth: Yellowstone National Park  3. American Invention to International Concept: The Spread and Evolution of National Parks  4. National Parks and the ‘Worthless Lands Hypothesis’ Revisited  5. National Parks and National Identity and Tourism  New World Perspectives  6. Framing the View: How American National Parks Came to Be  7. John Muir and William Gladstone Steel: Activists and the Establishment of Yosemite and Crater Lake National Parks  8. Tourism and the Canadian National Park System: Protection, Use and Balance  9. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: Natural Wonder and World Heritage Area  10. ‘Welcome to Aboriginal Land’: The Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park  Old World Perspectives  11. The National Park Concept in Spain: Patriotism, Education, Romanticism and Tourism  12. The English Lake District – National Park or playground?  13. The Peak District National Park UK: Contemporary Complexities and Challenges  14. A Ticket to National Parks? Tourism, Railways, and the Establishment of National Parks in Sweden  15. ‘Protect, preserve, present’ – The Role of Tourism in Swedish National Parks   Developing World: Beyond The Eurocentric  16. National Parks in Indonesia: An Alien Construct  17. National Parks in Transition: Wuyishan Scenic Park in China  18. ‘Full of rubberneck waggons and tourists’: The Development of Tourism in South Africa’s National Parks and Protected Areas  Beyond Nature  19. National Parks as Cultural Landscapes: Indigenous Peoples, Conservation and Tourism  20. National Mall and Memorial Parks: Past, Present and Future  Conclusion  21. The Future of the National Park Concept