03313nam 2200613 a 450 991096140580332120251116231545.01-55963-150-31-4356-6404-3(CKB)1000000000537511(MH)010962433-5(MiAaPQ)EBC3317469(MiAaPQ)EBC6530997(Au-PeEL)EBL6530997(OCoLC)905969575(BIP)363273(BIP)13878029(EXLCZ)99100000000053751120061208d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPlanetizen contemporary debates in urban planning /edited by Abhijeet Chavan, Christian Peralta, Christopher Steins1st ed.Washington, DC Island Pressc20071 online resource (xvii, 183 p. )ill., maps ;Includes index.1-59726-133-5 Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- ONE The Lords of Yesterday -- TWO The Miner's Law -- THREE The Rancher's Code -- FOUR Forests for the Home-Builder First of All -- FIVE "The River Was Crouded with Salmon" -- SIX Harvesting the April Rivers -- SEVEN Crossing the Next Meridian -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.InCrossing the Next Meridian, Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the outmoded ideas that pervade land use and resource allocation and argues that significant reform of Western law is needed to combat desertification and environmental decline, and to heal splintered communities. Interweaving legal history with examples of present-day consequences of the laws, both intended and unintended, Wilkinson traces the origins and development of the laws and regulations that govern mining, ranching, forestry, and water use. He relates stories of Westerners who face these issues on a day-to-day basis, and discusses what can and should be done to bring government policies in line with the reality of twentieth-century American life.Cities and townsUnited StatesGrowthCity planningUnited StatesRegional planningUnited StatesMixed-use developmentsUnited StatesSustainable developmentUnited StatesCities and townsGrowth.City planningRegional planningMixed-use developmentsSustainable development307.1/216Chavan Abhijeet1803022Peralta Christian1803023Steins Christopher1803024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961405803321Planetizen contemporary debates in urban planning4349509UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress