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The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery /
The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
Ã2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious threats to its few "renewable" resources. The importance of this story is that preserving lands has a central role for protecting air an |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 619 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-593) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199722617 0199722617 0195142055 9780195142051 |