Planetizen contemporary debates in urban planning / / edited by Abhijeet Chavan, Christian Peralta, Christopher Steins

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 183 p. ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 307.1/216
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - United States - Growth; City planning - United States; Regional planning - United States; Mixed-use developments - United States; Sustainable development - United States
• Altri autori: ChavanAbhijeet PeraltaChristian SteinsChristopher
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Planetizen contemporary debates in urban planning
• ISBN: 1-55963-150-3; 1-4356-6404-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961405803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II