A Politico-economical Aspect on the Establishment of World's National Parks

Abstract

National parks in the world were analyzed in terms of their earliest establishment within each country. Then, the politico-economical factors, which existed behind their first establishment in a country, were briefly surveyed, Through these analyses, the writer could obtain eight patterns for those parks' characters in their establishments. The writer also found out three important moments which have much to do with the patterns. They are nationalism, tourism, and conservation of nature. It is considered that these patterns are useful for explaining historical characters of national parks throughout the world.