The Paradox of Protected Natural Area Landscapes: An Interpretation of Kaʻena Point Natural Area Reserve, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi As a Gardened Space

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dc.contributor.advisorMurton, Brian
dc.contributor.authorRose, Adam D.
dc.contributor.departmentGeography and Environment
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-06T19:40:44Z
dc.date.available2009-03-06T19:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2002-12
dc.description.abstractThis thesis critically evaluates protected natural areas in terms of the production of space and the cultural representation and definition of nature within them. Idealized representations of nature in protected areas are mediated through Western cultural discourses; space is seen as being wild, natural and conceptually autonomous from the human realm. By using the garden analogy as a metaphoric device, I deconstruct some common representations of nature to reveal how various Western rhetorics and discourses dominate ideas about natural space in protected areas. I interpret the landscape of Kaʻena Point Natural Area Reserve and illustrate that it can be seen as a socially produced space in which nature is controlled, restored, and modified. Paradoxically, protected natural areas are created as wilderness spaces, but their nature is partly constructed (physically and conceptually) and wholly defined through cultural discourse and representation.
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.format.extentvii, 114 pages
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/7086
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Geography.
dc.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
dc.subjectNatural areas
dc.titleThe Paradox of Protected Natural Area Landscapes: An Interpretation of Kaʻena Point Natural Area Reserve, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi As a Gardened Space
dc.typeThesis
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dcterms.spatialHawaii--Kaena Point State Natural Area Reserve
local.identifier.callnumberCB5 .H3 no. 3045
local.identifier.voyagerid3074901
local.thesis.degreelevelMA

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