An environmental history of twentieth-century Britain
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| Kieli: | englanti |
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Houndmills, basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave,
2002.
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Sisällysluettelo:
- 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.