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Shaping the Sierra nature, culture, and conflict in the changing west / Timothy P. Duane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 595 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520926141
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GE185 .S537 2000
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Contents:
Theoretical foundations -- The exodus to exurbia -- Economics and the environment -- Ecotransformation the amenity value -- The fragmented landscape -- Politics and property -- Managing exurban growth -- Planning and politics -- Habitats and humanity -- Reinhabiting the west.
Subject: Timothy P. Duane documents the impact of rapid population growth on the culture, economy, and ecology of the Sierra Nevada since the late 1960s. He also recommends innovative policies for mitigating the negative effects of future population growth in this spectacular but threatened region, as well as throughout the rural west.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction GE185 .54 D83 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn777465272

Includes bibliographies and index.

The range of light -- Theoretical foundations -- The exodus to exurbia -- Economics and the environment -- Ecotransformation the amenity value -- The fragmented landscape -- Politics and property -- Managing exurban growth -- Planning and politics -- Habitats and humanity -- Reinhabiting the west.

Timothy P. Duane documents the impact of rapid population growth on the culture, economy, and ecology of the Sierra Nevada since the late 1960s. He also recommends innovative policies for mitigating the negative effects of future population growth in this spectacular but threatened region, as well as throughout the rural west.

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