Smarter Growth : Activism and Environmental Policy in Metropolitan Washington /
Suburban sprawl has been the prevailing feature-and double-edged sword-of metropolitan America's growth and development since 1945. The construction of homes, businesses, and highways that were signs of the nation's economic prosperity also eroded the presence of agriculture and polluted t...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2018]
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Colección: | The City in the Twenty-First Century
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A River Revived
- Chapter 2. Where Have All the Forests Gone?
- Chapter 3. Desperate for Growth
- Chapter 4. The Road to Sprawl
- Chapter 5. A Master Plan for Agriculture
- Chapter 6. Saving Farms from Development
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Sources
- Index
- Acknowledgments