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Devastation and renewal : an environmental history of Pittsburgh and its region /
"Today, the steel industry that defined Pittsburgh for over a century is virtually gone. The sky is blue, fish swim in the rivers, and the hillsides are green and lush. The people enjoy access to many large public parks and trails." "In Devastation and Renewal, environmental scholars...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | History of the urban environment
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Some thoughts about the Pittsburgh environment / Joel A. Tarr
- The interaction of natural and built environments in the Pittsburgh landscape / Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr
- River city / Edward K. Muller
- Critical decisions in Pittsburgh water and wastewater treatment / Joel A. Tarr and Terry F. Yosie
- Acid mine drainage and Pittsburgh's water quality / Nicholas Casner
- How, when, and for whom was smoke a problem in Pittsburgh? / Angela Gugliotta
- Revisiting Donora, Pennsylvania's 1948 air pollution disaster / Lynn Page Snyder
- Strategies for clean air : the Pittsburgh and Allegheny county smoke control movements, 1940-1960 / Sherie R. Mershon and Joel A. Tarr
- Slag in the park / Andrew S. McElwaine
- Beyond celebration : Pittsburgh and its region in the environmental era--notes by a participant observer / Samuel P. Hays.