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Walker Richard <1947-> |
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Titolo |
The country in the city [[electronic resource] ] : the greening of the San Francisco Bay Area / / Richard A. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon |
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Collana |
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Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban landscape architecture - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Urban renewal - Environmental aspects - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Landscape ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Environmental protection - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-354) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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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