Cities, sagebrush, and solitude : urbanization and cultural conflict in the Great Basin /

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"This manuscript explores the environmental consequences and political conflicts arising from the urbanization of the Great Basin. It focuses on four major metropolitan areas on the Basin's rim--Boise, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas--to explore how these cities cope with the problems...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Witt, Stephanie L., Judd, Dennis R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2014]
Colección:The urban West series
Temas:
Sustainable urban development > Great Basin.
Urban policy > Great Basin.
Urbanization > Great Basin.
Urbanisme durable > Grand Bassin.
Politique urbaine > Grand Bassin.
Urbanisation > Grand Bassin.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Ecology
Economic history
Politics and government
Sustainable urban development
Urban policy
Urbanization
Great Basin > Politics and government.
Great Basin > Economic conditions.
Great Basin > Environmental conditions.
Grand Bassin > Conditions économiques.
Grand Bassin > Conditions environnementales.
United States > Great Basin
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Last Urban Frontier / Stephanie L. Witt
  • SOLITUDE
  • Framing the Empty: Technology and Progress in Photography and Art / Todd Shallat
  • Urban Places/Empty Spaces: Big and Small Governments in the Great Basin / Stephanie L. Witt
  • Go Away Closer: The Collision of Culture and Governance / Brian Laurent
  • Crucible for Populist Resistance: Tracing the Roots of the Sagebrush Rebellion / Christopher A. Simon
  • SAGEBRUSH EMPIRE
  • Fragile Desert: Managing the Great Basin's Environmental Crisis / Zachary A. Smith
  • Cheatgrass Empire: Public Lands as a Contested Resource / Brent S. Steel
  • Solace of Empty Spaces: Searching for Tourists in America's Outback / Dennis R. Judd
  • CITIES ON THE RIM
  • Constructing the "Quality of Life" City: "Boise Is Best" / Erin Daina McClellan
  • Persistent Possibility of Failure: Making Something of Nothing in Las Vegas / Elizabeth Raymond
  • Errant into the Wilderness: Reno's Acts Against Nature / Alicia Barber
  • Cowboys and Clerics: Political Culture and Planning Regimes in Salt Lake City and Boise / Chris Blanchard
  • Coming Convergence / Dennis R. Judd.

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