Lighthouse Field State Beach General Plan

Lighthouse Field State Beach General Plan
Author: Santa Cruz County (Calif.). Planning Department
Publisher:
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2003
Genre: Lighthouse Field State Beach (Calif.)
ISBN:

The original general plan was completed in 1984. This is the revision of the original plan.

Urban Animals

Urban Animals
Author: Tora Holmberg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317564820

The city includes opportunities as well as constraints for humans and other animals alike. Urban animals are often subjected to complaints; they transgress geographical, legal as and cultural ordering systems, while roaming the city in what is often perceived as uncontrolled ways. But they are also objects of care, conservation practices and bio-political interventions. What then, are the "more-than-human" experiences of living in a city? What does it mean to consider spatial formations and urban politics from the perspective of human/animal relations? This book draws on a number of case studies to explore urban controversies around human/animal relations, in particular companion animals: free ranging dogs, homeless and feral cats, urban animal hoarding and "crazy cat ladies". The book explores ‘zoocities’, the theoretical framework in which animal studies meet urban studies, resulting in a reframing of urban relations and space. Through the expansion of urban theories beyond the human, and the resuscitation of sociological theories through animal studies literature, the book seeks to uncover the phenomenon of ‘humanimal crowding’, both as threats to be policed, and as potentially subversive. In this book, a number of urban controversies and crowding technologies are analysed, finally pointing at alternative modes of trans-species urban politics through the promises of humanimal crowding - of proximity and collective agency. The exclusion of animals may be an urban ideology, aiming at social order, but close attention to the level of practice reveals a much more diverse, disordered, and perhaps disturbing experience.

The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide

The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide
Author: Jerry Emory
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1999
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780520217126

"Healthy oceans are critical to the future of all life on Earth, yet by and large the underwater world remains hidden to us, unknown and mysterious. The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the oceans, and this series of books is intended to further that goal. By helping people discover their connection with the natural world, we hope to foster a lifelong commitment to learning about and caring for the oceans on which all life depends."--Julie Packard, Executive Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium