National Parks
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National Parks
Historians have traced the practice of establishing protected areas to the time when forest areas were first protected in India nearly 2000 years ago. (Litke, 1998) Since then governments and landowners have sought to protect areas of special natural beauty.
The concept of parks as we now define then, with the primary goals of conservation and public enjoyment is a recent development. The idea of parks for public enjoyment gained prominence during the 18th and 19th Century in response to three main driving forces.
• romantic poets. William Wordsworth in the Lake District, whilst lamenting the potential of hordes arriving there by railway, famously expressed a view in 1810 of the Lakes as a 'sort of national property in which every man has a right and interest, who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy'. Modern concepts of natural beauty and conservation started to develop from this with many voluntary societies being formed to hold land and argue for both its protection and public access. It was the time of the romantic period, where many poets and artists began to paint images, which prompted city dwellers to enjoy the countryside
• industrial revolution, as people moved to towns and cities. By 1851 half the population of England and Wales lived in towns and cities and access to the countryside for ‘healthy outdoor recreation’ became increasingly popular. This factor became especially important politically between the First and Second World Wars as demands for free access to the hills and open country
• international National Park movement which first emerged in North America, largely inspired by a visionary Scotsman, John Muir.
In 1872 an Act was passed establishing Yellowstone as the world’s first National Park, followed in 1890 by congress approval for Yosemite National Park. Although the American concept of protected wilderness is somewhat different to the UK model of National Parks the notion of protecting valuable...
Historians have traced the practice of establishing protected areas to the time when forest areas were first protected in India nearly 2000 years ago. (Litke, 1998) Since then governments and landowners have sought to protect areas of special natural beauty.
The concept of parks as we now define then, with the primary goals of conservation and public enjoyment is a recent development. The idea of parks for public enjoyment gained prominence during the 18th and 19th Century in response to three main driving forces.
• romantic poets. William Wordsworth in the Lake District, whilst lamenting the potential of hordes arriving there by railway, famously expressed a view in 1810 of the Lakes as a 'sort of national property in which every man has a right and interest, who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy'. Modern concepts of natural beauty and conservation started to develop from this with many voluntary societies being formed to hold land and argue for both its protection and public access. It was the time of the romantic period, where many poets and artists began to paint images, which prompted city dwellers to enjoy the countryside
• industrial revolution, as people moved to towns and cities. By 1851 half the population of England and Wales lived in towns and cities and access to the countryside for ‘healthy outdoor recreation’ became increasingly popular. This factor became especially important politically between the First and Second World Wars as demands for free access to the hills and open country
• international National Park movement which first emerged in North America, largely inspired by a visionary Scotsman, John Muir.
In 1872 an Act was passed establishing Yellowstone as the world’s first National Park, followed in 1890 by congress approval for Yosemite National Park. Although the American concept of protected wilderness is somewhat different to the UK model of National Parks the notion of protecting valuable...