Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland

by Sarah S. Elkind

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Near the end of the nineteenth century, the cities of Boston and Oakland each faced environmental crises of water contamination and shortages that existing regional agencies could not solve. How these two cities resolved their water problems is the basis of a comparative history that provides valuable insights into urban development and explores the political implications and environmental impacts of regionalism. Water defined the limits to growth...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0700609075

ISBN13:9780700609079

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Business & Investing Engineering Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Natural Resources Nature & Ecology Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics State State & Local Technology

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