EPA Journal

EPA Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1978
Genre: Environmental protection
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102 Monitor

102 Monitor
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1978
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Bay Cities and Water Politics

Bay Cities and Water Politics
Author: Sarah S. Elkind
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

Combining insights from urban, western, and environmental history, Elkind examines the ways that people's reactions to their natural surroundings drive both demand for improved public services and political reform. She traces public works development in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era to explain how these programs united each city with its suburban neighbors, creating new political entities and allowing Boston and Oakland to appropriate rural resources and thus overcome the environmental limits to their continued growth and prosperity. She also shows how, when the power of regionalism is turned to urban development, environmental and social costs are sometimes overlooked.