Research Literature for Park Break 2008
Gateway National Recreation Area: Global Climate Change
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE refers to the on-going scientific and policy discussion surrounding current observed changes in the climate record-- specifically, how much of the current change can be attributed to internal changes within the climate system or in the interaction between its components, and how much to changes because of human activities (anthropogenic climate change).
In the context of parks, climate change could fundamentally alter every aspect of park management, both in terms of natural and cultural resources.
*More readings may be added at the request of speakers.
Required Readings:
Burns, C.E., Johnston, K.M., & Schmitz, O.J. (2003). Global climate change and mammalian species diversity in U.S. national parks. PNAS, 100(20), 11474-11477.
Cornelia, Dean (January 29, 2008). The Preservation Predicament. The New York Times. Retrieved January, 29, 2008 from www.nytimes.com.
Chaplin, F. S. (2006) Alaska
Parks in a Warming Climate: Conserving a Changing Future. Alaska Park
Science: Crossing Boundaries in a Changing Environment, 6(2), 7-11.
Crompton, J. L.
(2006). George Melendez
Wright: Pugsley Bronze Medal 1936. Twentieth Century Champions of Parks and
Conservation Volume I. The Pugsley Medal Recipients 1928-1964. Urbana,
Illinois. Sagamore Publishing, (267-270).
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2007). Climate change 2007: The physical science basis. Summary for policymakers. Contribution of working group 1 to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. IPCC secretariat, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Millar, C. I., Stephenson, N. L., & Stephens, S. L. (2007). Climate change and forests of the future: Managing in the face of uncertainty. Ecological Applications, 17(8), 2145-2151.
Milly, P. C. D., Betancourt, J., Falkenmark, M., Hirsch, R. M., Kundzewicz, Z. W., Lettenmaier, D., & Stouffer, R. J.(2008). Stationary is Dead: Whither Water Management? Policy Forum. Retrieved February 1, 2008, from www.sciencemag.org.
Olson, Jerry S (1958). Rates of Succession and Soil Changes on Southern Lake Michigan Sand Dunes. Botanical Gazette, Vol. 119, No. 3. (Mar. 1958), 125-170.
Williams, S. J., Gutierrez, B. T., Thieler, R. E., & Pendleton, E. (2008). GEOLOGIC EFFECTS and COASTAL VULNERABILITY to SEA-LEVEL RISE, EROSION, and STORMS. Submitted for conference proceedings, "Solutions to Coastal Disasters," April 2008.
Williams, S. J., & Meisburger, E. P. (1987). Sand Sources for the Transgressive Barrier Coast of Long Island, New York: Evidence for Land Transport of Shelf Sediments. Reprinted: "Coastal Sediments '87" WWDiv./ASCE. New Orleans, LA, May 12-14, 1987.
Required Skimming:
First Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment Report (October 2006).
NECIA 2pg and 8pg Glossary Summaries.
Recommended Readings:
Clayton, Mark (December 23, 2004). New Coal Plants Bury 'Kyoto.' Retrieved February 6, 2008, from http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1223/p01s04-sten.html.
Glantz, M. H. (2003). Climate affairs. Washington, DC: Island Press.
Revkin, Andrew C. (February 3, 2008). A 'Bold' Step to Capture Elusive Gas Falters. The New York Times. Retrieved February, 3, 2008 from www.nytimes.com.
Scott, D., Jones, B., & Konopek, J. (2007). Implications of climate and environmental change for nature-based tourism in the Canadian Rocky Mountains: A case study of Waterton Lakes National Park. Tourism Management, 28(2), 570-579.
Shaw, Jonathan (May-June 2006). Fueling Our Future. Harvard Magazine. May-June, 2006. pp. 39-48.
U.S. CODE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Required Readings:
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY/NJ, 16 U.S.C. §§ 460cc-460cc-4.
Title16 – Conservation
Chapter1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter LXXXVII – Gateway National Recreation Area
§ 460cc. Establishment
§ 460cc-1. Acquisition of property
§ 460cc-2. Administration
§ 460cc-3. Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission
§ 460cc-4. Authorization of appropriations; limitation; adjustments