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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778588903321

Autore

Wilshire Howard Gordon <1926->

Titolo

The American West at risk [[electronic resource] ] : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-756178-0

1-281-34185-1

9786611341855

0-19-972261-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (634 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

NielsonJane E

HazlettRichard W

Disciplina

333.720978

Soggetti

Nature conservation - West (U.S.)

Conservation of natural resources - West (U.S.)

Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.)

Land use - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Once and future trees -- Harvesting the future -- Raiding the range -- Digging to China --  Routes of ruin -- Legacies of war -- Creating the nuclear wasteland -- No habitat but our own -- The last drops -- Garbage of the golden west  -- Tragedy of the playground -- Driving to the end of America's birthright -- Nature's way.

Sommario/riassunto

The American West at Risk summarises the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health.