Parks in Transition
Subtitle: Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781844070688
Subjects: Development economics; Management of land & natural resources; Rural planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Life Sciences - Biological Diversity; Development - Sustainable Development; Political Science; Environmental Studies; Politics/International Relations; Management; Environmental Science; Science / Ecology; Biological diversity; Rural development; Africa, Southern; Biodiversity; National parks and reserves
First sentence: In 1903, the president of the US, Theodore Roosevelt, dedicated a monument on which is written: 'For the benefit and enjoyment of the people - Yellowstone National Park, created by an Act of Congress, March 1, 1872'.