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Adirondack Museum Bks.: Adirondack Atlas : A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park by Jerry Jenkins (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Adirondack Atlas : A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park, Paperback by Jenkins, Jerry C.; Keal, Andy, ISBN 0815607571, ISBN-13 9780815607571, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A detailed geographic overview of the largest protected area in the contiguous United States and the largest region of protected temperate forests in the world spotlights climate, natural development, recreational growth, pollution, and many other aspects of the Adirondack Park in a reference that features 450 full-color maps, as well as 250 figures, graphs, tables, charts, and scientific drawings. Original.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSyracuse University Press
ISBN-100815607571
ISBN-139780815607571
eBay Product ID (ePID)30478928
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameAdirondack Atlas : a Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
SubjectEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps), Reference, Regional
TypeTextbook
AuthorJerry Jenkins
Subject AreaNature, Travel, History
SeriesAdirondack Museum Bks.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight43 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width11.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-041714
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsJenkins and Keal have produced what is destined to be the reference book on the Adirondacks. Anyone who is interested in the Adirondack Park, and the great experiment in conservation that it represents, will find a remarkable compendium of maps complemented by superb ecological interpretation.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal974.7/5
Table Of ContentAbout the Adirondacks and the Atlas Environments The Adirondack Park Animals & Plants War, Settlement, & Industry Forest Change Vital Statistics Employer, Jobs, & Income Death, Injury, Disease, & Crime Schools & Colleges Town Budgets & Local Taxes Vital Services Business & Industry Media & Culture Outdoor Recreation Changing Towns Pollution & Wastes Seven Questions about Change
SynopsisThe Adirondack Atlas offers a detailed geographic portrait of the largest protected area in the contiguous United States and the largest region of protected temperate forests in the world. Generously illustrated-complete with 450 full-color maps and 250 figures, graphs, tables, charts, and scientific drawings-this volume covers 130 topics on the six-million-acre Adirondack Park. As the first book of its kind, it is both a work of art and an authoritative reference. The Park has a complex history. It is one of the only parks in the world to combine large wilderness areas with extensive private lands and a substantial residential population. Jerry Jenkins explores this connection between the wild and human communities within a protected landscape. As he maps out the diverse and ever-changing environment--the recreational growth, conflicts between users, development, pollution, and climate change--he highlights elements that threaten to alter the Park and undo the protection it now enjoys. Jenkins includes old stories of fur routes and battles, log drives and Shea engines; new stories about school taxes and education, conservation easements and local economies, artistic ferment and social ills, about healthy towns, dying trees, and deer harvests. As a comprehensive and standard resource, the Atlas captures the full scope of the park's topographic, hydrographic, and ecological history for a wide audience of geographers, historians, and Adirondack enthusiasts., From its geologic origins to its contentious history of conservation, the Adirondack Park occupies a distinctive place among the world's protected areas. As the park enters the twenty-first century, more than half its land remains in private hands, and conflict is a recurrent theme in the Adirondack conservation legacy. More than 130,000 year-round residents strive to adapt to ever-changing economic challenges, while the beaver, moose, and martin thrive within a widely restored ecosystem. Yet for all its flaws, the Adirondack experiment is increasingly relevant in a world where people, wilderness, and wildlife must find ways to coexist. The Adirondack Atlas uses geographical information systems to generate and interpret a broad range of information from social, economic, historical, and environmental documentary sources. The writers, in a joint effort with the Wildlife Conservation Society, provide a thought-provoking, multifaceted image of a fascinating region and include hundreds of full-color figures and maps that form a detailed analysis of every aspect of the Adirondacks., This title provides a portal to the past, a mirror of the present, and a window to the future for a remarkable land and its people. It brings to life the rich mix of history, culture, economics, and wilderness that characterizes the Adirondack region, including its vast capacity for adaptation and recovery.
LC Classification NumberF127.A2J46 2004
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