More Than a “Paper Park”: Tayrona, a Caribbean Paradise
Arcadia, 2015, no. 6
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tourism
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.
The Greater Caribbean: From Plantations to Tourism
Traces the changes in the economy and land use in the Greater Caribbean from the colonial period to the present.
Bitten by Success: Conflicts Over Tourism Revenue and Natural Resources at Komodo National Park
São Miguel do Gostoso
A small seaside village in Brazil has been found by tourists and is now coveted by real estate developers.
Rising Waters: Submersion and Survival in Yung Chang’s Up the Yangtze
Using Yung Chang’s 2007 documentary film Up the Yangtze, Weik von Mossner unravels the power struggles accompanying the construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant—the Three Gorges Dam in China.
Nature Conservation in Ski Country? The Vanoise National Park
Arcadia, 2014, no. 2
Anthony Carrigan on "Representing Postcolonial Disaster"
Anthony Carrigan, Carson Fellow from January to June 2012, talks about his research concerning social disasters such as wars and ongoing chronic poverty that can develop from colonization.