Living with the Adirondack Forest : Local Perspectives on Land-Use Conflicts /

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Attitudes about land use, Knott suggests, may reflect profound differences in class, religion, and life experience, pitting urban Americans who see nature at risk against rural Americans whose lives are dominated by nature's forces. She documents the thoughts and feelings of people whose lives...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Knott, Catherine Henshaw
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Forest reserves > Multiple use.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Forêts > Polyvalence > New York (État) > Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Forest reserves > Multiple use > New York (State) > Adirondack Forest Preserve.
New York (State) > Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Adirondack Forest Preserve (N.Y.)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Photographs
  • Adirondack Species Mentioned in the Text
  • Organizations and Terms
  • Preface
  • Introduction (starting p. 1)
  • The Human / Nature Relationship
  • 1 The Adirondacks: A Case Study of Land Use Conflict (starting p. 19)
  • 2 Wildlife: From Skins to Kin (starting p. 30)
  • 3 History of Land Use Philosophies in the Adirondacks (starting p. 54)
  • Woods and Woodspeople
  • 4 The Woods and the People: Tupper Lake Loggers (starting p. 96)
  • 5 Crafters, Trappers, Gatherers, and Guides (starting p. 120)
  • 6 Tree Farmers and Maple Syrup Producers: Architects of the Forest (starting p. 137)
  • Community and Conflict
  • 7 Reflective Practitioners (starting p. 158)
  • 8 Newcomb's Plan (starting p. 216)
  • 9 Battles and Bridges (starting p. 228)
  • 10 Views of the Forest (starting p. 254)
  • Epilogue: Fire and Water (starting p. 279)
  • Appendix National and International Examples of Regional Land Use Planning (starting p. 281)
  • Bibliography (starting p. 289)
  • Index (starting p. 303)

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