ENV 1400 Our World and It's Future: Our National Parks System and It's Centennial
(formerly ENV 140)
The National Park Service System in the United States is mandated by congress to preserve our national natural and cultural resources for future generations. National Parks around the world have modeled their national park systems after the U.S. system. Urban Parks, a relatively new addition to the traditional Parks, have been described as the "laboratories" or "templates" or how ecological restoration methods or techniques can foster a rebirth of the vibrant and dynamic ecological systems impacted by the urban landscape. This course will identify several diversity themes: diversity of pollution issues in urban environments; diversity of urban biological species/ecosystem types and the diversity of restoration techniques begin implemented over the last 30 years in a relatively newly established urban National Park Unit; both successes and failures. Satisfies General Education requirement.
Distribution
Biology/Chemistry/Environmental