Sandford Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-897425-58-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 379 Seiten

According to Sandford, the greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountains is what has been preserved, not what has been developed. In this ode to the region, he speaks to the crucial ecological functions of the spine of the Rocky Mountains and the climate change impacts that would be felt in the Canadian West if it were disturbed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandford, Robert W.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Gebirge
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Invocation: The Magnificent Seven

Part I. The West We Had: Foundations of Place
1. A Walk into the Past: Setting a Context of Place
2. The Creation: Monumentality and Place
3. The Creation: People and Place Before European Contact
4. Exchanging What We Had for What We Want: The Fur Trade Era in the Canadian West
5. The Coming of Death: Diminishment and Loss among the First Peoples of the West

Part II. The West We Have: Making the Mountains Our Home
6. Giving Meaning to Mountains and Making Them Ours: Mountaineering and the Aesthetics of Place
7. Brushes with Eternity: Landscape Art and Photography in the Canadian Rockies
8. Crystal and Cold Blue Chasms: The Literature of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
9. Stemming the Tide of Loss: The Give and Take of Modern Management In and Around the Mountain Parks
10. Countering Dispossession: Saving Our Unique Mountain Culture
The East Slope: Flowing Toward the Atlantic
11. The Birthplace of Canada’s National Park Ideal: Banff National Park The North Slope: Flowing Toward the Arctic
12. The Birthplace of Western and Northern Rivers: The Columbia Icefield and Jasper National Park
The West Slope: Flowing Toward the Pacific
13. The Roof of the Canadian Rockies: Mount Robson Provincial Park
14. Small, Remote, but Utterly Wild: Hamber Provincial Park
15. The Geography of Wonder: Yoho National Park
16. The Road to Radium: Kootenay National Park
17. Matterhorn of the Rockies: Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Part III. The West We Want: Creating a Culture Worthy of Place
18. Respecting and Honouring the Great Bear: The Grizzly as a Symbol of the West We Want
19. Seeing What Is Hidden in Plain Sight: Triumphing Over Diminishment and Loss
20. Expanding the World Heritage Site Designation: Managing for Future Integrity Instead of Loss
21. Creating a Culture Commensurate with Place

Über Autor(innen)

Sandford Robert W.:
Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over 20 books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade “Water for Life,” an initiative that aims to advance long-term water quality and availability issues in response to climate change in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over twenty books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade “Water for Life,” an initiative that aims to advance long-term water quality and availability issues in response to climate change in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.