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Showing 1 to 20 of 159 for “"national parks"”.
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Resource Protection: a Model For National Parks
As development of lands around national parks increases it will be important for land use controls to be in place to protect park resources. This study resulted in the development of a model that can be used to refine a protection plan for park resources using a geographic information system. This …
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Race, income, and benefits from national parks
National Parks have become an integral part of global life in both developed and developing countries during the last century. Today, there are more than 1,200 national parks and nature preserves around the world. The U.S. federal government spends more than \$3 billion annually to maintain and …
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National parks as lifelong classrooms : a qualitative case study exploring visitors' dynamic learning experiences in America's national parks.
Although the national parks are a massive industry with millions of visitors annually, not enough is known about the learning experience when visitors are in a national park. The type of education in a national park, or other informal settings, follows principles of free-choice learning and …
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Unattended acoustic sensor systems for noise monitoring in national parks
… air traffic and other sources of interest in national parks. More specifically, this thesis focuses on the capabilities of the EMS and how transient detection, classification and tracking are implemented on it. The Sparse Coefficient State Tracking (SCST) transient detection and classification …
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Resource utilisation in the national parks of the Canadian Arctic
The national parks of northern Canada provide a useful reflection of the evolving attitude towards conservation of a fragile ecosystem, in a situation complicated by a background of political, social and economic transition. This thesis examines how this transition, in particular that of land claim …
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Alaska national parks and indigenous peoples: Collaboration for a protected future
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A study of co-management of National Parks in Aotearoa/New Zealand
National parks have been associated with public ownership and Government agency management for a long time. The changing character of national park ownership and management around the world has challenged this association. Consequently, Co-management of the National Park Estate is currently the …
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Preliminary investigation of light scattering and visibility in two eastern national parks
… were measured in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Shenandoah National Park, two mandatory Federal class I prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) areas. Instruments for measuring these parameters and other air quality related parameters were mounted in a twin engine light …
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Hydrochemistry in an Alpine Karst System, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
… karst spring located at 2,500 m amsl in Sequoia National Park, California to reveal detailed chemical parameters of this karst system. The data show a system with a pronounced spring run-off, extended periods of base flow quiescence, storm responses tied to precipitation as rain or as snowfall, …
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Young people and organised outdoor activities: a study of opportunities in national parks
… of young people. It also focuses on the National Parks of England and Wales. These areas possess a wealth of natural resources suitable for a wide range of outdoor activities and, collectively, contain the highest number of outdoor centres in the UK. A combination of quantitative and …
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Planning in America's national parks : opportunities and challenges for the Boston Harbor Islands
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Species Richness in National Parks of the Eastern United States
… I used data collected by the United States National Park Service (NPS) on species presence within parks in the eastern United States to estimate simple linear regressions between plant species richness and vertebrate richness. Because environmental factors in addition to plant species …
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Anthropogenic Lead Deposition and Four National Parks in Poland as Determined by Lead Isotope Ratios
… Pb input and the naturally occurring Pb in four national parks in Poland. A second goal was to test the postulate that sequential chemical extractions could be used to evaluate the pollution status of the soils. Soils from Tatry National Park underwent sequential chemical extractions and total …
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Visit motivations and perceived benefits of farms, private forests and state/national parks in Missouri
… (1) Farms; (2) Private Forests; and (3) State/National Parks. Specific goals of this study were: (1) To describe outdoor recreation preferences and behavior; (2) to contrast motivations for visiting these three natural settings; and (3) to compare the perceived benefits among these three …
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Modelling personalizations in the design of mobile publish/subscribe architectural framework for South African National Parks
… communication paradigm into the South African National Parks (SANPARKS) organization. It focuses on restructuring the existing SANPARKS system into a publish/subscribe information provider that would enable clients to receive personalized information services delivered via sms, mms and email. A …
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The educational program in the national parks with particular reference to those in the western states
… brought to my attention the great value of the National Parks in the field of adult education.</p> <p>Subsequently, in visiting some of the world's greatest natural wonders, which are located in the National Parks in the western part of the United States, I have had the opportunity to observe …
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Evaluating ecological integrity and social equity in national parks : case studies from Canada and South Africa
There are concerns that many national parks worldwide are ineffective at conserving biological diversity and ecosystem processes, are socially unjust in their relations with Indigenous communities, or both. This dissertation asks: can national parks protect ecological integrity and concurrently …
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