Richard A Walker

The Country in the City

The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tells how the Bay area got its green grove. Its most cherished environmentsÂ--Muir Woods, the Napa Valley, Point Reyes, the Carquinez StraitsÂ--have engendered some of the fiercest and most defining environmental battles in this region, and they make up the story recounted here.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780295988153
• ISBN-10: 0295988150
• Artikelnr.: 23428965

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Walker. Foreword by William Cronon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally / William Cronon
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Saving Graces
1. Out of the Woods: Stirrings of Conservation
2. Fields of Gold: Resources at Close Quarters
3. Moving Outdoors: Parks for the People
4. The Upper West Side: Suburbia and Conservation
5. The Green and the Blue: Saving the Bay and the Coast
6. Encounters with the Arch-Modern: Regional Planning and Growth Control
7. Fasten Your Greenbelt: Triumph and Trust Funds
8. Sour Grapes: The Fight for the Wine Country
9. Toxic Landscapes: Beyond Open Space
10. Green Justice: Reclaiming the Inner City
Conclusion: City and Country Reconciled?
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index