Shifting Sands : The Restoration of the Calumet Area /

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The location of one of the most diverse national parks in the United States, Northwest Indiana's Calumet area is home to what was at one time widely known as the most polluted river in the entire country. Calumet's advantageous location at the southern tip of Lake Michigan encouraged broad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schoon, Kenneth J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Restoration ecology.
Industrialization > Environmental aspects.
Ecology.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Rehabilitation (Écologie) > Calumet (Ill. et Ind.)
Industrialisation > Aspect de l'environnement > Calumet (Ill. et Ind.)
Restoration ecology > Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)
Industrialization > Environmental aspects > Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)
United States > Calumet Region.
Indiana > Indiana Dunes National Park.
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.) > Histoire.
Indiana Dunes National Park (Ind.) > History.
Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.) > Environmental conditions.
Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART 1 The Unrestricted Use of Natural Resources; 1 Calumet Beginnings and the Birth of American Ecological Science; 2 Marquette and the Marquette Plan; 3 Natural Resources of the Calumet Area; 4 Industrialization of the Lakefront; 5 Industrialization of the Grand Calumet River and the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal; 6 The Push for Parks and Duneland Development, 1890-1929; 7 Port versus Park: Conflict in the '50s and '60s; PART 2 Returning to Sustainability; 8 Earth Consciousness in the '60s and '70s; 9 The Road to Cleaner Air; 10 The Road to Cleaner Water
  • 11 Lake Michigan Health, Beach Closures, and Fishing12 Brownfields Restored to Usefulness; 13 Solid Waste and Recycling; 14 Local Pioneering Environmental Heroes and Heroines; 15 Environmental Education Opportunities; 16 Preservation and Restoration of Natural Areas; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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