America's National Park System

America's National Park System
Author: Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2016-02-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1442256842

Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; Park Service self-evaluations; and outside studies by a range of scientists, conservation organizations, private groups, and businesses. A new appendix includes summaries of pivotal court cases that have further interpreted the Park Service mission.

Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas

Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 1993-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309048443

Scenic vistas in most U.S. parklands are diminished by haze that reduces contrast, washes out colors, and renders distant landscape features indistinct or invisible. Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas describes the current understanding of the nature and extent of haze in various regions of the United States. The book addresses the scientific and legal framework of efforts to protect and improve visibility, as well as methods for assessing the relative importance of anthropogenic emission sources that contribute to haze in national parks and for considering various alternative source control measures. The volume provides guidance on how to make progress toward the national goal of correcting and preventing visibility impairment due to human activities affecting large national parks and wilderness areas.

Clean Air Act Oversight

Clean Air Act Oversight
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1268
Release: 1981
Genre: Air
ISBN:

Air Quality Management in the United States

Air Quality Management in the United States
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2004-08-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309167868

Managing the nation's air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, and they offer wide-ranging recommendations for setting future priorities, making difficult choices, and increasing innovation. This new book explores how to better integrate scientific advances and new technologies into the air quality management system. The volume reviews the three-decade history of governmental efforts toward cleaner air, discussing how air quality standards are set and results measured, the design and implementation of control strategies, regulatory processes and procedures, special issues with mobile pollution sources, and more. The book looks at efforts to spur social and behavioral changes that affect air quality, the effectiveness of market-based instruments for air quality regulation, and many other aspects of the issue. Rich in technical detail, this book will be of interest to all those engaged in air quality management: scientists, engineers, industrial managers, law makers, regulators, health officials, clean-air advocates, and concerned citizens.

Management Policies

Management Policies
Author: United States. National Park Service
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1988
Genre: National parks and reserves
ISBN: