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Nature in World Development: Patterns in the Preservation of Scenic and Outdoor Recreation Resources. Working Papers.

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Nash, Roderick – 1978

This report reviews the problems of protecting nature in a heavily industrialized democracy such as the United States. Factors contributing to the establishment of protected areas in the United States are traced from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to the present. Arguments in defense of wilderness areas consider nature as: (1) a…

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Conservation (Environment), Ecology