The battle over Hetch Hetchy : America's most controversial dam and the birth of modern environmentalism /

Rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the city of San Francisco petitioned for a water reservoir to be constructed within the newly created Yosemite National Park. This sparked a debate over whether nature should be controlled or left alone, from which emerged the modern environmentalism movement.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Righter, Robert W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Water-supply > California > San Francisco Bay Area > History.
Water resources development > Political aspects > California > San Francisco Bay Area.
Environmentalism > United States.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Californie > San Francisco, Région de la baie de > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Aspect politique > Californie > San Francisco, Région de la baie de.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Environmentalism
Water resources development > Political aspects
Water-supply
Wasserversorgung
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
Hetch Hetchy, Vallée d' (Calif.)
California > Hetch Hetchy Valley
California > San Francisco Bay Area
United States
San Francisco Bay > Region
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The uses of the valley
  • The imperial city and water
  • Water, earthquake, and fire
  • Two views of one valley
  • San Francisco to "show cause"
  • Congress decides
  • To build a dam
  • The power controversy
  • The legacies of Hetch Hetchy
  • Restoration.

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