California ; Green space ; Los Angeles ; Social geography ; United States ; Urban landscape ; Urban park
This green space in Los Angeles is one of the first parks in the USA designed for dogs and their owners. The AA. discuss the local politics and grass-roots involvement of dog owners and the patterns of use by animals and humans. They also give
Kakadu and Uluru : aboriginal lands in Australia's national parks
Aborigines ; Australia ; Ethnic group ; Land appropriation ; Landed property;Landed estate ; Natural park ; Nature conservation
An important juncture in the evolution of planning and management policies for Australia's national parks was the return to aboriginal ownership of designated areas of Kakadu and Uluru parks. - (DWG)
The wonders and origins of four national parks in the southern United States
Leisure ; National park ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Nature reserve ; Southern United States ; Tourism ; United States
Between 1921 and 1941, four national parks were established in the USA : Hot Springs (Arkansas) ; Great Smokey Mountains (Tennessee-North Carolina) ; Shenandoah (Virginia) ; and Mammoth Cave (Kentucky). All the parks depended on private and state
Central Michigan University's glacial park : instruction through landscaping
With the aid of earthmoving equipment, the university campus in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA, has created a landscaped park of sculpted landforms that morphologically resemble drumlins, moraines, eskers, and kames. This park is used as an easily
The Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks, Yukon and Alaska : seeking sustainability through biosphere reserves
Alaska ; Canada ; Environment management ; Mountain ; National park ; Natural park ; Nature conservation ; Nature reserve ; North America ; United States ; Yukon
Prospects and implications of biosphere reserve designation for two national parks which join each other on the Canada-USA boundary in Yukon and in Alaska.―(DWG)
Trampling damage to vegetation and soil cover within the Burren National Park, Mullach Mor, Co. Clare
Biogenic action;Biogenic process ; Biogeography ; Degradation ; Environment ; Fauna ; Ireland ; National park ; Plant canopy ; Soil erosion ; Vegetation
Between 1986 and 1992, surveillance of three selected paths revealed a pattern of increasing damage to vegetation and soil cover. An attempt was made to quantify the extent of trampling damage, and to examine possible causes of observed spatial
variation in the severity of damage. Some implications for management policy within the National Park are explored.
Though created in 1954, some parts of the area in question received protection beginning in the 1880s. World War II had devastating effects on the fauna and the forests. Today the park is used for scientific research, education, tourism
Topographic changes associated with coastal dune blowouts at Island Beach State Park, New Jersey
Topographic changes in two blowouts located in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey, were monitored over the winter of 1981-1982. Elevation changes were measured with erosion pins, and sediment traps placed at comparable locations in each blowout
Mass movements in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
This paper has two main objectives: - to examine the interaction of the main destabilizing factors that control the types, sizes and distribution of mass movements in the Park; - to evaluate the geomorphic importance of mass movements as slope
Late Wisconsin paleoecologic record from Swamp lake, Yosemite National Park, California
A 7.86 m sediment core from Swamp Lake in Yosemite National Park, provides a continuous record of environmental change over the last ca. 16,000 yr, as inferred from pollen, macrofossil, and microscopic charcoal analyses. The core stratigraphy