Description:Valued Landscapes of the Far North blends cultural, historical, and physical geographies of Denali National Park for an insightful and humanistic perspective of Alaska s pristine national park and the visitor experience there. This illustrated book explores human-environmental interactions, shows how applied historical and cultural geography can help address environmental and management concerns, and looks at Denali as a therapeutic landscape, capable of enhancing a combination of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. Palka employs the concept of place as the integrating theme in his quest to better understand this important biosphere reserve, whose preeminence also stems from its popularity as a distant, wild, and scenic national park and its symbolic value as a vast, untouched wilderness in America s last frontier. His innovative methodology incorporates perspectives from the detached outsider to the immersed insider to develop a greater understanding of the visitor experience. He focuses on the most distinguishing characteristics of the park from a visitor s perspective and how these features contribute to a visitor s sense of place while reinforcing the enduring spirit of Denali.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographic Journey through Denali National Park. To get started finding Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographic Journey through Denali National Park, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographic Journey through Denali National Park
Description: Valued Landscapes of the Far North blends cultural, historical, and physical geographies of Denali National Park for an insightful and humanistic perspective of Alaska s pristine national park and the visitor experience there. This illustrated book explores human-environmental interactions, shows how applied historical and cultural geography can help address environmental and management concerns, and looks at Denali as a therapeutic landscape, capable of enhancing a combination of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. Palka employs the concept of place as the integrating theme in his quest to better understand this important biosphere reserve, whose preeminence also stems from its popularity as a distant, wild, and scenic national park and its symbolic value as a vast, untouched wilderness in America s last frontier. His innovative methodology incorporates perspectives from the detached outsider to the immersed insider to develop a greater understanding of the visitor experience. He focuses on the most distinguishing characteristics of the park from a visitor s perspective and how these features contribute to a visitor s sense of place while reinforcing the enduring spirit of Denali.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographic Journey through Denali National Park. To get started finding Valued Landscapes of the Far North: A Geographic Journey through Denali National Park, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.