The orphaned land : New Mexico's environment since the Manhattan Project /

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Viewing New Mexico as a microcosm of global ecological degradation, Price's is the first book to give the general public a realistic perspective on the problems surrounding New Mexico's environmental health and resources.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Price, V. B. (Vincent Barrett)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Environmental degradation > New Mexico.
Hazardous wastes > Environmental aspects > New Mexico.
Environnement > Dégradation > Nouveau-Mexique.
SCIENCE > Global Warming & Climate Change.
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Hazardous wastes > Environmental aspects
New Mexico > Environmental conditions > Case studies.
Nouveau-Mexique > Conditions environnementales > Études de cas.
New Mexico
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Tile Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Key Human Impacts on the New Mexico Environment; 2: Water: A Desert Among Eons of Oceans; 3: Environmental Discrimination: Dumping on the Poor; 4: Toxic Waste: "Everything Has to Go Somewhere"; 5: Urban/Rural Struggles: The Broader Habitat; 6: Conditions, Conclusions, New Paths to Follow; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

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