Carter Hunt
Carter Hunt
Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management (RPTM), Anthropology, and Latin American Studies
2024–25 Rock Ethics Institute Faculty Fellow and Maurice K. Goddard Chair Faculty Fellow
Director, Dual-title Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES)
Director, Intercollegiate Minor in Sustainability Leadership (SUSLD)
Biography
Please see: Carter Hunt | Penn State College of Health and Human Development
Rock Ethics Institute Faculty Fellowship Project
Inclusive Exclusion or Exclusive Inclusion? A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Ethics of Conservation Area Management
ABSTRACT
Due to competing mandates to provide inclusive access to natural areas while excluding overtourism, crowding, and congestion, a need exists to bring the tools and procedural models of contemporary environmental ethics to this environmental management and policy dilemma. This project will examine these competing mandates at two scales: 1) an in-depth analysis overtourism growth dynamics in the Galápagos Islands, and 2) a comparative analysis of examples of ethical dimensions of visitor management policies in Galápagos and three additional contexts: the Panamanian National Park System, the US National Parks System, and the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
