The American West at Risk
Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery
The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious threats to its few renewable resources.The importance of this story is that preserving lands has a central role for protecting air and water quality, and water supplies--and all support a healthy…
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Weitere Autoren: Nielson, Jane E. / Hazlett, Richard W.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-988166-6
- EAN: 9780199881666
- Produktnummer: 13906208
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 11'808 KB
- Abbildungen: 50 photos
Über den Autor
Howard G. Wilshire was a U. S. Geological Survey research geologist for thirty-five years and now is Board Chairman of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.Jane E. Nielson was a U. S. Geological Survey research geologist for twenty-five years and now is President of the Sebastopol Water Information Group.Richard W. Hazlett is Professor of Geology and the coordinator of the Environmental Analysis Program at Pomona College.
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