Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World heritage Site
Ecology & Wonder makes several remarkable claims: The greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountain region may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of...
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Athabasca University Press
2010
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