National parks, highways, and climate change
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چکیده
This visual essay in "The Photographer's Frame" explores how Americans’ love affair with road trips made a marriage of national park scenic landscapes and automobiles nearly inevitable—and has helped, literally, drive climate change.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Parks stewardship forum
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2688-187X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/p538358968