Pollution in a Promised Land : An Environmental History of Israel /
Virtually undeveloped one hundred years ago, Israel, the promised "land of milk and honey," is in ecological disarray. In this gripping book, Alon Tal provides--for the first time ever--a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
2002.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The pathology of a polluted river: an introduction to Israel's environmental crises
- Reclaiming a homeland: Zionism's mixed ecological message
- Palestine's environment, 1900-1949: prelude to disaster or benign half-century?
- The forest's many shades of green
- The emergence of an Israeli environmental movement
- A general launches a war for wildlife
- The quantity and quality of Israel's water resources
- Israel's urban environment, 1948-1988: the politics of neglect
- A ministry of the environment comes of age
- Israel, Arabs, and the environment
- Environmental activism hits its stride
- Toward a sustainable future?