Small-Scale Fisheries versus Whale-Watching Tourism: The Story of Puerto López
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 3
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Between Stewardship and Exploitation: Private Tourism, State Parks, and Environmentalism
DeWitt explores tensions between national parks, private sector tourism, and environmentalism. Although private business owners feel connected to nature and play a role in park guardianship, a longstanding mistrust of private sector activity in and around national parks means their voices are often overlooked. The article calls for greater attention to the significance of gateway communities.
Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment
Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment is the first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial studies.
“The Most Beautiful Valley in Japan”: Kamikōchi, the Japan Alps, and National Parks in Japan
Arcadia, Summer 2016, no. 8
Lake Delton Dam Disaster
An artificial lake in the US state of Wisconsin drains into the Wisconsin River after days of heavy rainfall, damaging a popular tourist area.
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Nature, Beauty, Tourism: The Concurrent Roots of Abruzzo National Park
Arcadia, Spring 2016, no. 3
More Than a “Paper Park”: Tayrona, a Caribbean Paradise
Arcadia, 2015, no. 6
Dubai Palm Islands
The Palm Islands on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are the three largest man-made islands being built, their development started in June 2001.
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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on 24 March 1989, it releases 41.6 million tons of crude oil along the coast of Alaska. The spill causes enormous damage to local ecosystems and wildlife.
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"Representations of Tropical Forests and Tropical Forest-Dwellers in Travel Accounts of National Geographic"
This essay examines the dominant images of rainforests and rainforest peoples portrayed in accounts of travels in tropical America published in National Geographic.