<p> An analysis was performed using LANDSAT Thematic Mapper digital imagery to determine the feasibility of fine scale vegetation classification in southern Ontario. </p> <p> MICROPIPS, an image processing program, was used to analyse the Thematic Mapper data, based on spectral response patterns of different land cover types. Final classified images were compared with vegetation classifications as determined by the Royal Botanical Gardens, in Hamilton, Ontario. </p> <p> It was concluded, that it was possible to classify land cover types using MICROPIPS, but only at a general level. Thus, it was not feasible to classify vegetation on a fine scale. </p> / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

This thesis studies the exhibition device, the structure that manages the appearance of what-is-shown. It focuses on the transition from taxonomic to immersive display, two modes with a particular visibility regime in each case. The first shows animals and plants according to a scientific classification, the second exhibits the specimens in a simulation of their original habitat through artificial environments built with a naturalistic appearance. I demonstrate that the transition between these two modes has transformed our visual culture in a similar way to cinema, photography or artistic collections and I propose an ontology of the exhibition device based on four of its main operations: the management of visibility, the regulation of the intensity of appearing, the camouflage of oneself and the generation of space. Patented by Carl Hagenbeck in 1896, the Panorama was the first immersive model and marks the entry of zoos into the entertainment industry. I explain how since then, living collections cannot show their specimens without previously building the illusion in which to insert them. With an emphasis on the material culture surrounding zoos and gardens and the architecture of their devices, I analyze three key materials: iron, artificial stone and glass, as well as their impact on various transatlantic living collections. Ultimately, the construction of the illusion connects living collections with the genealogy of the artificial and immersion in force since the 19th century, a crucial link of this research with fields of study such as environmental humanities and Anthropocene studies. Dispositivos de exhibición de colecciones vivas: La contribución de zoológicos y jardines botánicos a la cultura visual transatlántica, siglos XIX-XXI. Esta tesis estudia el dispositivo de exhibición, la estructura que gestiona el aparecer de lo-que-se-muestra. Se enfoca en la transición de la exhibición taxonómica a la inmersiva, dos modos con un régimen de visibilidad particular en cada caso. El primero muestra a los animales y las plantas de acuerdo a una clasificación científica, el segundo exhibe los ejemplares en una simulación de su hábitat original a través de entornos artificiales construidos con apariencia naturalística. Demuestro que la transición entre estos dos modos ha transformado nuestra cultura visual de forma similar al cine, la fotografía o las colecciones artísticas y propongo una ontología del dispositivo de exhibición basada en cuatro de sus operaciones principales: la gestión de la visibilidad, la regulación de la intensidad del aparecer, el camuflaje de sí mismo y la generación de espacio. Patentado por Carl Hagenbeck en 1896, el Panorama fue el primer modelo inmersivo y supone la entrada de los zoológicos en la industria del entretenimiento. Expongo cómo desde entonces, las colecciones vivas no pueden mostrar sus ejemplares sin construir previamente la ilusión en la cual insertarlos. Con énfasis en la cultura material que rodea a zoológicos y jardines y la arquitectura de sus dispositivos, analizo tres materiales claves: el hierro, la piedra artificial y el cristal, así como su impacto en diversas colecciones vivas transatlánticas. En definitiva, la construcción de la ilusión conecta a las colecciones vivas con la genealogía de lo artificial y la inmersión vigente desde el siglo XIX, un vínculo crucial de esta investigación con campos de estudio como las humanidades ambientales y los estudios del Antropoceno.

Card-and-file plant records systems are typical for most botanical gardens and arboreta. The few examples of records computerization now in use demonstrate that more efficient access to records increases productivity and leads to local planning opportunities. This study presents justification for development of a standardized, computerized plant records system applicable to the needs of botanical gardens and arboreta. A model standardized system called the Botanical Accessions Records System, BARS, is described. Since records are supportive of most activities in botanical gardens and arboreta, improved efficiency and ability in records maintenance and management should improve the quality of record-dependent activities. In addition, the adoption of a standardized record system by cooperating institutions may enhance regional and national planning. / Master of Science

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The overall main goal of this research is to assist with the planning and creation of an ethnobotanical addition at the Heronswood Garden, a botanical garden located in northwest Washington state recently purchased by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Methods included a three month long ethnographic study of Heronswood Garden as an official intern, and conducting a needs assessment that primarily employed participant observation and semi-structured open-ended interviews with all garden employees. Information revealed through the research includes causal issues behind a lack of community participation at the garden, elaboration on the solutions to various issues facilitated by negotiating and combining the views and opinions of the garden’s employees, and author reflections on the needs assessment report and the project as a whole. This research connects itself with and utilizes the methodologies and theories from applied anthropology, environmental anthropology, and environmental science to provide contemporary perspective into the subject of preserving or preventing the loss of biodiversity, language diversity, and sociocultural diversity.

This diploma thesis is focusing on use of Botanical garden of Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague by teachers as a destination for class field trips. Teachers use this garden with different objectives and different intensity. This diploma thesis provides a summary of this using by the processing of the survey, which took place in elementary school teachers and high school teachers. This work is testing the following hypotheses: 1. Teachers with length of practice above twenty years use the field trip less than teachers with length of practice under twenty years. 2. Men use guided tours more than women. 3. High school teachers use geopark for tour more than elementary school teachers. 4. Teachers with length of practice above twenty years visit gardens other than Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague and the Botanical Garden in Prague Troja less than teachers with length of practice under twenty years. The thesis summarizes basic information about the field trip as an organizational form. The thesis also deals with the Botanical Garden of faculty of science Charles University in Prague, its collections, history, and possibilities of using in schools.

The 19th century was a time when a large number of voluntary associations were being formed both in Sweden and in Europe as a whole. Their ambition was to engage in health care and poor relief issues as well as in the educational system. Furthermore, the general idea was to promote temperance and foster a sense of thrift among the poor and the working class population. While the starting-point of the thesis was the question as to why the voluntary associations founded various charitable activities as well as how the philanthropy was designed, organised and modified throughout the century, the aim has been to elucidate the motive force and incentives for their social reforms. In order to answer the two main questions of the dissertation, the association De Badande Wännerna (the DBW), which engaged in several philanthropic activities in the Swedish province of Gotland as early as the 1810s, has been selected for a case study. In the literature a number of different reasons have been stressed as to why voluntary associations chose to engage in charitable activities. In order to shed light on what factors that underlay their philanthropic work, the process of negotiation regarding the various institutions established by the DBW, as well as the practical layout of the establishments, have been analysed from the perspectives of a theoretical model based on affinity groups. The study has shown that the incentives of philanthropy were complex. Furthermore, the incentives changed concurrently with the expansion of the public poor relief and educational system, which from the middle of the 19th century took over many of the humanitarian efforts hitherto run by the voluntary associations. The result of this development was that the voluntary associations created new spheres of activity. They continued to fulfil important societal functions, but their establishments also fulfilled a more internal desire for pleasure and delights.

This creative project investigated, planned and developed a master plan for the new National Zoological Botanical Park of Costa Rica. Based on an appraisal of the appropriate vegetation type for introduction onto a proposed study site, the flora and fauna from similar sites elsewhere in Costa Rica were identified. Placing the flora in the appropriate areas on the proposed study site allowed the fauna that has direct association with specific flora to be located. Based on slope analysis, contour formations, flora and fauna habitats, visitor and staff requirements, a master plan for the new National Zoological and Botanical Park of Costa Rica was developed. / Department of Landscape Architecture

xvii, 667, [18] leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1992

Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. / The concept and knowledge of slow tourism within the context of South Africa is limited. Very little local literature is available on this new, emerging niche form of tourism. International research on this topic, including the practise, development, implementation and promotion of slow tourism, has grown during the last decade. This study investigates the meaning, understanding and definition of slow travel and tourism, and how slow tourism differs from other alternative tourism types. International and local case studies where slow tourism was implemented successfully, were assessed. Slow tourism is considered an antithesis to mass tourism. Tourism role-players and visitor groups have become more environmentally conscious in how they develop, promote and consume tourism products. Sustainable and responsible tourism practices are the forefront of the slow tourism phenomenon which induces the demand and the supply chain of tourism products emphasised by ethical values. Slow tourism focuses on the concept of time spent at the destination, liberating the visitor from the angst and stress brought about by today's fast-paced lifestyles. Attention is directed at the visitor experiencing a qualitative more than a quantitative experience, found in a unique nature-based setting with the after-effects of feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. Slow tourism is centred on building good relationships with the local community, preservation of and an appreciation for the environment, and the production and consumption of local and responsibly-sourced products. Within this context, this study aims at developing a slow tourism model for South Africa, using the economic resources of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens (KNBG). It investigates the literature of slow tourism at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) protected sites, parks and at KNBG. Botanical gardens are considered a place of recreation and leisure, taking time out to relax and enjoy the open green spaces. Moreover, the dissertation points out the elements that are required to develop slow tourism at a destination and the role of tourism policies which set the framework for managing and growing tourism sustainably. A qualitative research methodology was employed to collect the primary data, using the grounded theory approach at KNBG, which was the study site. Qualitative data were obtained through observing visitors, in-depth interviews with visitors and KNBG management. The results and findings from the analysis indicate a shift towards people slowing down, the need to connect with nature to feel less stressed and finding value in slow tourism activities such as those found at KNBG. A slow tourism model was developed based on the literature review and findings of the primary data that was collected. / South African National Biodiversity Institute