Parks and Protected Areas Exam 2

• Delight per acre refers to:

  Getting more out of less, more “bang for your buck”
• Concealment is a design aspect in delight per acre that refers to a “hide and reveal” principle, this was inspired by:


  Japanese Gardens and Medieval Villages
• Borrowed scenery is


  Usage of foreground to frame far off elements
• Asymmetry results in designs that are

  Not overly formal, regular, or centered. Instead there exciting, and active
• Miniaturization refers to


  Landscape elements like boulders and shrubs that stand in for larger natural features.
• “Laws of Nature: Could UK Rivers be Given the Same Rights as People“ written by Isabella Kaminski is about:

  Challenging the idea of nature as a dead thing to be exploited, and seeing nature as a thing to be protected and prevent damage
• “Recognizing the Rights of Plants to Evolve” by Linton Weeks is about:

  Argues that plants are sentient, can hear, feel, etc. The proposed law would give plants the right to survive, just live as they would without human disturbances.
• Who said: “I don’t think humans have an inherent right to destroy any ecosystem.”

  Richard Preston in an interview for Crichtons latest novel, Micro.
• “Trees Speak a Language We Can Learn” by Ephrat Livni is about:

  Redefining language; trees being interconnected: such as in ecologist Suzanne Simards work studying forests (she has a Ted talk)
• “When You Give a Tree an Email Address“ by Adrienne LaFrance is about:

  Officials assigned trees ID numbers and emails in 2013, in Melbourne Australia.

  it had the unintended positive consequence of people sending messages to the trees as if they were human
• “John O’Donohue: Former Catholic Priest Turned Visionary Bestselling Author“ by Martin Wroe is about


  a priest and an academic, believes human purpose lays in beauty
• What are the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals?

  1. No Poverty
  2. Zero Hunger
  3. Good Health & Well-being
  4. Quality Education
  5. Gender Equality
  6. Clean Water and Sanitation
  7. Affordable and Clean Energy
  8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
  9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  10. Reduced Inequalities
  11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
  12. Responsible Consumption and Production
  13. Climate Action
  14. Life Below Water
  15. Life on Land
  16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
  17. Partnerships for the Goals
• What does UNDP stand for?

  United Nations Development Program
• What’s the first UNDP goal?

  No poverty
• What’s the last UNDP goal?

  Partnerships for the Goals
• How many UNDP goals are there?

  17
• What are the three dimensions of recreation Carrying capacity?

  Environmental, Social, Managerial
• What is carrying capacity?

  The number of organisms that can inhabit a space without causing degradation
• “‘Everyone Came at Once’: Americas National Parks Reckon with Record-Smashing Year” by Annette McGivney is about:

  the wave of people coming to National Parks after Covid.

  1. often unprepared for the challenges of the parks
  2. causing overcrowding
  3. Primarily White
• “With 423 United in the National Park System, Why Do We Overrun 25?” by Kurt Repanshek is about:

  The overrun of specific parks and the relative underuse of others
• Some of the most overcrowded National Parks are:

  • Yosemite
  • Arches
  • Rocky Mountain
  • Glacier
• Some of the most underused National Parks are:

  • Cape Hatters National Seashore
  • Cape Lookout National Seashore
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park
  • Moores Creek National Battlefield
  • Saratoga National Historic Site
• “Yellowstone had 1m Visitors In July Alone. Thats Unsustainable for U.S. National Parks” by Kim Heacox is about:

  National Parks have to many visitors and to little funding
• “Opinion: Don’t Mock ‘Tree Equity’ It has Health Benefits“ by Max Jordan, NguemenI Tiako and Eugenia C. South is about:

  How trees are a vital part of neighborhoods, and make us healthier and safer
• “‘A Story of Social Justice’: A History of Racial Segregation and Swimming” by Lisa Wong Macabasco is about:

  The history of segregation in Swimming, taking a specific look at Philadelphia
• “Race, Ethnicity, and Use of the National Park System” by Myron Floyd is about:

  Race, ethnicity, and it’s affect on usage of outdoor recreation. And how managers can deal with this through:

  • increased study
  • understanding of discrimination
  • better conceptual models of ethnic and racial variation
  • etc
• “The Birthplace of the U.S. Vacation” by Sebastian Modak is about:

  The Adirondack’s for its:

  • trails
  • being the largest publicly protected land
  • bike travel
  • swimming holes/waterfalls
• “New York‘s Healing Mountain Village“ by Karen Gardiner is about:

  The NY Village of Saranac Lake (TB). Once home to looking to cure a highly contagious disease.

  Now a tourism destination with festivals, Victorian architecture, and museums
• “People of Color and Their Constraints to National Parks Visitation” by David Scott and Kang Jae Jerry Lee is about:

  NPS failed attempts to diversify and socioeconomic and cultural factors to POC park visitation
• “Access To and Use of the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve by Turkish and Chinese People living in Austria - Implications for Planning” by Anna Hoglhammer, Andreas Muhar, & Patricia Stokowski is about:


  Peri-urban protected areas such as UNESCO Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve. and their accessibility and the ethnicities of visitors
• “This Land is Our Land” story of Gabe Vasquez, and edited by Claire Elise Thompson Is about:

  Went to New Mexico, and really feels like there’s a connection to nature, especially with children, that should be protected
• Is the U.S. Forest Service a department or an agency?

  An agency
• what does LWCF stand for?

  Land Water Conservation Fund
• What does ORRRC stand for?

  Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
• What does SCORP stand for?

  Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan
• In what order is LWCF , SCORP, and ORRRC

  ORRRC -> LWCF -> SCORP
• George Perkins Marsh is associated with which NPS site?

  Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
• What is Seneca Village?

  African American community that was removed to make Central Park
• Henry David Thoreau believed in the management approach of:

  Preservation
• That does the Brundtland Report Define?

  the principle of sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”