Land of sunshine : an environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles / / edited by William Deverell and Greg Hise

• Pubblicazione: Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7/09794/94
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - California - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - History; Urban ecology (Sociology) - California - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - History; Landscape changes - California - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - History; Environmental degradation - California - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - History
• Soggetto geografico: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) History; Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Environmental conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): DeverellWilliam <1962->; HiseGreg
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part one. Analysis of place -- part two. Land use and governance -- part three. Nature and culture.
• Sommario/riassunto: Most people equate Los Angeles with smog, sprawl, forty suburbs in search of a city-the great ""what-not-to-do"" of twentieth-century city building. But there's much more to LA's story than this shallow stereotype. History shows that Los Angeles was intensely, ubiquitously planned. The consequences of that planning-the environmental history of urbanism--is one place to turn for the more complex lessons LA has to offer. Working forward from ancient times and ancient ecologies to the very recent past, Land of Sunshine is a fascinating exploration of the environmental history of greater Los Ang
• Titolo autorizzato: Land of sunshine
• ISBN: 0-8229-7311-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464496703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of the urban environment.