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Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas : Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience.
How has California's landscape changed? What did now-familiar places look like during prior centuries? What can the past teach us about designing future landscapes? The Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas explores these questions by taking readers on a dazzling visual tour of Napa Valley from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Mapa |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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CA :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How has California's landscape changed? What did now-familiar places look like during prior centuries? What can the past teach us about designing future landscapes? The Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas explores these questions by taking readers on a dazzling visual tour of Napa Valley from the early 1800s onward--a forgotten land of brilliant wildflower fields, lush wetlands, and grand oak savannas. Robin Grossinger weaves together rarely-seen historical maps, travelers's accounts, photographs, and paintings to reconstruct early Napa Valley and document its physical transformation over the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (238 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520951723 0520951727 0520269101 9780520269101 |