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The Country in the City : The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Weyerhaeuser Environmental BksPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (431 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295989730
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Country in the CityDDC classification:
  • 333.731520979461
LOC classification:
  • WEB
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally -- 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally -- 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.

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