Bringing together a list of outstanding scholars and officials from the academic world, Canada's public service, and non-governmental organizations, Parks and Protected Areas in Canada gives students a comprehensive look at Canadian park management and planning. The text also takes an in-depth
view of the contemporary issues relating to parks and protected space management in Canada today.
Part One: Overview
1. Mark D. Needham, Philip Dearden, Rick Rollins, Kevin McNamee: Parks and Protected Areas in Canada
2. Philip Dearden: International Perspectives
Part Two: Theory and Practice
3. Jeannette C. Theberge, John B. Theberge, Philip Dearden: Protecting
Park Ecosystems: The Application of Ecological Concepts and Active Management
4. Mark D. Needham, Wolfgang Haider, Rick Rollins: Protected Areas and Visitors: Theory, Planning, and Management
5. Glen T. Hvenegaard and John Shultis: Interpretation in Protected Areas
Part Three: Park
Systems and Beyond
6. Pamela A. Wright: Managing the National Parks
7. Christopher D. Malcom: Provincial Parks and Protected Areas
8. John Shultis and Glen T. Hvenegaard: Urban Parks: History, Benefit, and Current Issues NEW!
9. R. Harvey Lemelin, Margaret E. Johnstone, Jackie
Dawson: Northern Parks and Protected Areas
10. Jessica Dempsley and Philip Dearden: Stewardship: Expanding Ecosystem Protection
11. Philip Dearden and Rosaline Canessa: Marine Protected Areas
Part Four: Cross-Cutting Issues
12. Philip Dearden and Nathan Bennett: The Role of
Aboriginal Peoples and National Parks
13. Rick Rollins, Philip Dearden, David Fennell: Tourism, Ecotourism, and Protected Areas
14. Christopher J. Lemieux: Planning and Managing Canada's Protected Areas in an Era of Rapid Climate Change NEW!
Part Five: Concluding
Perspectives
15. Rick Rollins, Philip Dearden, Mark D. Needham: Challenges for the Future
Instructor Resources
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Philip Dearden is a professor and chair of geography at the University of Victoria. He is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas of IUCN and has been active in the planning and management of protected areas in many different countries, especially in Asia. He is the chair of
Canada's Working Group on Marine Protected Areas under the Ocean Management Research Network and co-chair of Parks Canada's NMCA Marine Science Network. He is particularly interested in incentive-based conservation in marine environments and zoning and has an active research program on the topic in
Southeast Asia. He is the co-author of Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective also published by Oxford University Press Canada.
Rick Rollins is a faculty member in the Department of Recreation and Tourism at Malaspina University College and an adjunct faculty member in
the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. His teaching and research deal with recreation behaviour and management in natural settings.
Mark Needham is an associate professor at Oregon State University and the Gene D. Knudson Chair in Forestry Education. He also serves as
director of the Natural Resources, Tourism, and Recreation (NATURE) Studies Lab. He is the editor of the journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife. His research interests include the human dimensions of natural resources, recreation, tourism, and wildlife; the social psychology of natural resource
issues, marine and terrestrial parks and protected areas; ski area management, norms, and standards of quality; and carrying capacity and crowding.
