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Citizen's primer for conservation activism : how to fight development in your community /

Is there anything you can do when development threatens your local forest, beach, prairie, or wetland? Yes, there is. Across America, citizen activists are fighting and winning battles against unwanted development in their own communities. To help you resist the urban sprawl and absentee landowners...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perlman, Judith, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2004.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. IDENTIFY THE ISSUES (Knowledge Is Power)
  • Chapter Two. GET INVOLVED (One Person Can Do a Lot)
  • Chapter Three. DEVISE A STRATEGY (Which Way Should We Go?)
  • Chapter Four. HIRE COUNSEL (""The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"")
  • Chapter Five. BUILD A COALITION AND PARTNERSHIPS (Strange Bedfellows)
  • Chapter Six. INFLUENCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Meetings, Meetings, Meetings)
  • Chapter Seven. CONDUCT A MEDIA CAMPAIGN (Opening Pandora's Box)
  • Chapter Eight. FUND-RAISING (Money Makes the World Go 'Round).
  • Chapter Nine. OPPOSING THE DEVELOPER (Bluster, Bully, and Bluff)
  • Chapter Ten. MANAGING THE PROCESS (Roller-coaster Ride)
  • Index.