Cities and nature in the American West / / edited by Char Miller ; design by Kathleen Szawiola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Urban West Series |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Urbanization - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century City planning - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Environmentalism - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Social change - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-87417-847-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Into the West / Char Miller -- Land -- Sweetening the urban marketplace : California's Hawaiian outpost / Jessica Teisch -- Crabgrass or grapes : urban sprawl, agricultural persistence, and the fight for the Napa Valley / Kathleen A. Brosnan -- Natives' return : LBJ'S Texas White House and Lady Bird's wildflowers / Vera Norwood -- Water -- Fishy thinking : salmon and the persistence of history in urban environmental politics / Matthew Klingle -- One city, two rivers : Columbia and Willamette rivers in the environmental history of twentieth-century Portland, Oregon / William Lang -- Private water : the curious case of San Jose's water supply / Martin V. Melosi -- Campground -- Performing bears and packaged wilderness : reframing the history of national parks / Marguerite S. Shaffer -- The devil in the cathedral : sewage and garbage in Yosemite National Park / Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver -- Sleeping outside : the political natures of urban camping / Phoebe S. Kropp Young -- City -- Boundary issues : clarifying New Orleans's murky edges / Ari Kelman -- The nature and business of war : drilling for oil in wartime Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind -- Stand by your brand : Vail, Colorado, and the consumer roots of popular environmentalism / William Philpott -- The whole Earth catalog, new games, and urban environmentalism / Andrew G. Kirk -- Escape to the West/return to the East : the lure of the city familiar / Joel A. Tarr. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465126803321 |
Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cities and nature in the American West / / edited by Char Miller ; design by Kathleen Szawiola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Urban West Series |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Urbanization - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century City planning - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Environmentalism - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Social change - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-87417-847-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Into the West / Char Miller -- Land -- Sweetening the urban marketplace : California's Hawaiian outpost / Jessica Teisch -- Crabgrass or grapes : urban sprawl, agricultural persistence, and the fight for the Napa Valley / Kathleen A. Brosnan -- Natives' return : LBJ'S Texas White House and Lady Bird's wildflowers / Vera Norwood -- Water -- Fishy thinking : salmon and the persistence of history in urban environmental politics / Matthew Klingle -- One city, two rivers : Columbia and Willamette rivers in the environmental history of twentieth-century Portland, Oregon / William Lang -- Private water : the curious case of San Jose's water supply / Martin V. Melosi -- Campground -- Performing bears and packaged wilderness : reframing the history of national parks / Marguerite S. Shaffer -- The devil in the cathedral : sewage and garbage in Yosemite National Park / Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver -- Sleeping outside : the political natures of urban camping / Phoebe S. Kropp Young -- City -- Boundary issues : clarifying New Orleans's murky edges / Ari Kelman -- The nature and business of war : drilling for oil in wartime Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind -- Stand by your brand : Vail, Colorado, and the consumer roots of popular environmentalism / William Philpott -- The whole Earth catalog, new games, and urban environmentalism / Andrew G. Kirk -- Escape to the West/return to the East : the lure of the city familiar / Joel A. Tarr. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791759703321 |
Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cities and nature in the American West / / edited by Char Miller ; design by Kathleen Szawiola |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Urban West Series |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century
Urbanization - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century City planning - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Nature - Effect of human beings on - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Environmentalism - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century Social change - West (U.S.) - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-87417-847-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Into the West / Char Miller -- Land -- Sweetening the urban marketplace : California's Hawaiian outpost / Jessica Teisch -- Crabgrass or grapes : urban sprawl, agricultural persistence, and the fight for the Napa Valley / Kathleen A. Brosnan -- Natives' return : LBJ'S Texas White House and Lady Bird's wildflowers / Vera Norwood -- Water -- Fishy thinking : salmon and the persistence of history in urban environmental politics / Matthew Klingle -- One city, two rivers : Columbia and Willamette rivers in the environmental history of twentieth-century Portland, Oregon / William Lang -- Private water : the curious case of San Jose's water supply / Martin V. Melosi -- Campground -- Performing bears and packaged wilderness : reframing the history of national parks / Marguerite S. Shaffer -- The devil in the cathedral : sewage and garbage in Yosemite National Park / Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver -- Sleeping outside : the political natures of urban camping / Phoebe S. Kropp Young -- City -- Boundary issues : clarifying New Orleans's murky edges / Ari Kelman -- The nature and business of war : drilling for oil in wartime Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind -- Stand by your brand : Vail, Colorado, and the consumer roots of popular environmentalism / William Philpott -- The whole Earth catalog, new games, and urban environmentalism / Andrew G. Kirk -- Escape to the West/return to the East : the lure of the city familiar / Joel A. Tarr. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816218003321 |
Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - History
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - Growth Cities and towns - Canada, Western - History Cities and towns - Canada, Western - Growth Metropolitan areas - West (U.S.) - Growth Metropolitan areas - Canada, Western - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno -- Outposts of empires -- Building a West of cities, 1840-1940 -- Across the wide Mississippi -- The first Pacific century -- Inland empire cities -- Garden cities -- Smokestack frontiers -- Money in the air -- Cities of homes -- Water, power, progress -- The metropolitan West since 1940 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Progress and prejudice -- The politics of diversity -- Reshaping the metropolis -- Transnational urbanism -- The long arm of the metropolitan West -- Conclusion: Urban frontiers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453886403321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - History
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - Growth Cities and towns - Canada, Western - History Cities and towns - Canada, Western - Growth Metropolitan areas - West (U.S.) - Growth Metropolitan areas - Canada, Western - History |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno -- Outposts of empires -- Building a West of cities, 1840-1940 -- Across the wide Mississippi -- The first Pacific century -- Inland empire cities -- Garden cities -- Smokestack frontiers -- Money in the air -- Cities of homes -- Water, power, progress -- The metropolitan West since 1940 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Progress and prejudice -- The politics of diversity -- Reshaping the metropolis -- Transnational urbanism -- The long arm of the metropolitan West -- Conclusion: Urban frontiers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782607003321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How cities won the West [[electronic resource] ] : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott |
Autore | Abbott Carl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 347 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Histories of the American frontier |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - History
Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - Growth Cities and towns - Canada, Western - History Cities and towns - Canada, Western - Growth Metropolitan areas - West (U.S.) - Growth Metropolitan areas - Canada, Western - History |
ISBN |
1-283-63529-1
0-8263-3314-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno -- Outposts of empires -- Building a West of cities, 1840-1940 -- Across the wide Mississippi -- The first Pacific century -- Inland empire cities -- Garden cities -- Smokestack frontiers -- Money in the air -- Cities of homes -- Water, power, progress -- The metropolitan West since 1940 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Progress and prejudice -- The politics of diversity -- Reshaping the metropolis -- Transnational urbanism -- The long arm of the metropolitan West -- Conclusion: Urban frontiers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817557403321 |
Abbott Carl | ||
Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New geographies of the American West [[electronic resource] ] : land use and the changing patterns of place / / William R. Travis |
Autore | Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Orton innovation in place series |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - West (U.S.)
Amenity migration - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - Planning Regional planning - West (U.S.) Human geography - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-59726-614-0
1-4356-3331-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Building a better mountain? -- The long boom of western development -- Development geographies of the new West -- Footprints of development -- The metro-zones : shining cities at the foot of the mountains -- Beyond the suburban frontier : the West's exurbs -- Resort geographies : building a better mountain? -- The gentrified range : new owners of the purple sage -- Understanding the challenge of land use planning -- Planning a new West : strategies for creating more desirable land use patterns. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452005903321 |
Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> | ||
Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New geographies of the American West [[electronic resource] ] : land use and the changing patterns of place / / William R. Travis |
Autore | Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Orton innovation in place series |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - West (U.S.)
Amenity migration - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - Planning Regional planning - West (U.S.) Human geography - West (U.S.) |
ISBN |
1-59726-614-0
1-4356-3331-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Building a better mountain? -- The long boom of western development -- Development geographies of the new West -- Footprints of development -- The metro-zones : shining cities at the foot of the mountains -- Beyond the suburban frontier : the West's exurbs -- Resort geographies : building a better mountain? -- The gentrified range : new owners of the purple sage -- Understanding the challenge of land use planning -- Planning a new West : strategies for creating more desirable land use patterns. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781822003321 |
Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> | ||
Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New geographies of the American West : land use and the changing patterns of place / / William R. Travis |
Autore | Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Orton innovation in place series |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - West (U.S.)
Amenity migration - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) Land use - West (U.S.) - Planning Regional planning - West (U.S.) Human geography - West (U.S.) |
ISBN |
1-59726-614-0
1-4356-3331-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Building a better mountain? -- The long boom of western development -- Development geographies of the new West -- Footprints of development -- The metro-zones : shining cities at the foot of the mountains -- Beyond the suburban frontier : the West's exurbs -- Resort geographies : building a better mountain? -- The gentrified range : new owners of the purple sage -- Understanding the challenge of land use planning -- Planning a new West : strategies for creating more desirable land use patterns. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807659603321 |
Travis William R (William Riebsame), <1953-> | ||
Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wilderburbs : Communities on Nature's Edge / / Lincoln Bramwell |
Autore | Bramwell Lincoln |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.760978 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
Soggetto topico |
Land use, Rural - West (U.S.)
Rural development - West (U.S.) Urban-rural migration - West (U.S.) Suburbs - West (U.S.) Wildland-urban interface - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-80558-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: moving into the woods -- Redefining residential development in the rural West -- Water in the wilderburbs -- Fire on the forest edge -- Wildlife out the back door -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460157303321 |
Bramwell Lincoln | ||
Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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