03096nam 2200553 450 991079116420332120230721012026.00-8229-7324-3(CKB)2550000001329992(SSID)ssj0000556813(PQKBManifestationID)11388868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000556813(PQKBWorkID)10532550(PQKB)11399929(MiAaPQ)EBC2038827(Au-PeEL)EBL2038827(CaPaEBR)ebr10905438(CaONFJC)MIL627580(OCoLC)891395306(EXLCZ)99255000000132999220070212h20072007 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEnergy metropolis an environmental history of Houston and the Gulf Coast /edited by Martin V. Melosi and Joseph A. PrattPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :University of Pittsburgh Press,[2007]©20071 online resource (353 pages) illustrationsHistory of the urban environmentBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8229-4335-2 0-8229-5963-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-327) and index.Energy and environment -- A mixed blessing: energy, economic growth, and Houston's environment / Joseph A. Pratt -- The Houston ship channel and the changing landscape of industrial pollution / Hugh S. Gorman -- "Bad science" : the politics of ozone air pollution in Houston / Robert Fisher -- "The air-conditioning capital of the world" : Houston and climate control / Robert S. Thompson -- Growth of the metropolitan region -- Houston's public sinks : sanitary services from local concerns to regional challenges / Martin V. Melosi -- Superhighway deluxe : Houston's Gulf freeway / Tom Watson McKinney -- Urban sprawl and the piney woods : deforestation in the San Jacinto watershed / Diane C. Bates -- A tale of two Texas cities : Houston, the industrial metropolis, and Galveston, the island getaway / William Barnett -- Environmental activism at the grassroots -- Dumping on Houston's black neighborhoods / Robert D. Bullard -- The gunfighters of Northwood Manor : how history debunks myths of the environmental justice movement -- Elizabeth D. Blum -- "To combine many and varied forces" : the hope of Houston's environmental activism, 1923-1999 / Teresa Tomkins-Walsh -- Voices of discord : the effects of a grassroots environmental movement at the brio superfund site / Kimberly A. Youngblood -- Notes.History of the urban environment.Houston (Tex.)Environmental conditionsHistoryGulf Coast (Tex.)Environmental conditionsHistory363.7009764/1411Melosi Martin V.1947-Pratt Joseph A.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791164203321Energy metropolis3809147UNINA