An environmental history of twentieth-century Britain

An environmental history of twentieth-century Britain

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheail, John
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Subjects:
Environmental policy > Great Britain.
City planning > Environmental aspects > Great Britain.
Human ecology > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface
  • 1 Histories of Their Time
  • Introduction
  • A Twentieth-Century Conspectus
  • 2 The Management of Change
  • Introduction
  • Housing and Town Planning
  • Local Planning
  • National Planning
  • Political Laboratories
  • A Vision Lost
  • 3 Nature Incorporated
  • Introduction
  • The Sanitary Authorities
  • Sewering the Suburbs
  • New Towns and Oysters
  • The Multi-Purpose Use of Water
  • 4 New Beginnings in Forestry
  • Introduction
  • The Forest Authority
  • Forest Parks
  • Multi-Purpose Forestry
  • 5 A Third Force
  • Introduction
  • The Agricultural Context
  • National Parks
  • Nature Reserves
  • Coastal Preservation
  • The Challenge of Leisure
  • 6 Environmental Conservation
  • Introduction
  • Agricultural Improvement
  • Arresting 'the Engine of Destruction'
  • Towards 'Creative Conservation'
  • 7 Transport and the Environment
  • Introduction
  • 'Mixed Blessing'
  • London's Third Airport
  • Commercial Pipelines
  • The Pipe-Lines Act
  • Environmental Assessment
  • 8 Environmental Hazards
  • Introduction
  • Dereliction
  • Before 'Silent Spring'
  • Air Quality
  • 9 The Century of the Environment
  • Introduction
  • Raising Awareness
  • 'Movers and Shakers'
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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