No place distant : roads and motorized recreation on America's public lands /

"One of the last acts of Mike Dombeck as chief of the USDA Forest Service for the Clinton administration was to declare a moratorium on road building in national forest roadless areas. That declaration brought widespread attention to one of the most serious but under-publicized threats to the e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Havlick, David G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Public land roads > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Public land roads.
Spazierfahrt
Ländlicher Raum
Landstraße
United States.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From bicycles to board feet: a history of public land roads
  • The ecological effects of roads
  • The cutting edge: money, politics, and access
  • Industrial revolutions: the motorized recreation boom
  • Public values, public lands
  • Changing landscapes: society, technology, and road removal
  • The road ahead.

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