LEADER 04251nam 2200673 450 001 9910797616603321 005 20230807193644.0 010 $a0-87417-970-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000491055 035 $a(EBL)4312885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001583627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16263316 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001583627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14044961 035 $a(PQKB)11033503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4312885 035 $a(OCoLC)925392510 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4312885 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11139264 035 $a(OCoLC)935259365 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000491055 100 $a20160129h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCities, sagebrush, and solitude $eurbanization and cultural conflict in the Great Basin /$fedited by Dennis R. Judd, Stephanie L. Witt 210 1$aReno, Nevada ;$aLas Vegas, [Nevada] :$cUniversity of Nevada Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 1 $aUrban West Series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-87417-969-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"This manuscript explores the environmental consequences and political conflicts arising from the urbanization of the Great Basin. It focuses on four major metropolitan areas on the Basin's rim--Boise, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas--to explore how these cities cope with the problems associated with rapid growth, when attempts to do so provoke conflict between urban residents and the people who live in the thinly populated desert outback. In the Basin, policies to address the environmental and resource limitations imposed by the desert may be incompatible with a rural political culture that resists all cooperation or governmental effort. Each chapter of the manuscript traces the way that the tensions between three ingredients--cities, remarkable scarcity, and a conservative political culture--inform contemporary policy debates and public policies of the region through an analysis of the environmental stresses connected to economic change, resource extraction, land management, and urban development"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America's last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation's entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates, the development of Salt Lake City's urban corridor along the Wasatch Range, and the growth of Boise's celebrated high-tech economy and hip urban culture. The blooming of cities in a fragile desert region poses a host of environmental challenges. The policies required to manage their impact, however, often collide with an entrenched political culture that has long resisted cooperative or governmental effort. The alchemical mixture of three ingredients--cities, aridity, and a libertarian political outlook--makes the Great Basin a compelling place to study. This book addresses a pressing question: are large cities ultimately sustainable in such a fragile environment?"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aUrban West. 606 $aUrbanization$zGreat Basin 606 $aUrban policy$zGreat Basin 606 $aSustainable urban development$zGreat Basin 607 $aGreat Basin$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aGreat Basin$xEconomic conditions 607 $aGreat Basin$xPolitics and government 615 0$aUrbanization 615 0$aUrban policy 615 0$aSustainable urban development 676 $a307.760979 686 $aSOC026030$2bisacsh 702 $aJudd$b Dennis R. 702 $aWitt$b Stephanie L. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797616603321 996 $aCities, sagebrush, and solitude$93770462 997 $aUNINA