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Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America
by Babbitt, Bruce E
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1559630930
- ISBN 13
- 9781559630931
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About This Item
Island Press, 2005. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by Author. Inscribed "For Paula with admiration to a great founder and advocate Bruce Babbitt". In this brilliant, gracefully written, and important new book, former Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt brings fresh thought to questions of how we can build a future we want to live in.Weâve all experienced Americaâs changing natural landscape as the integrity of our forests, seacoasts, and river valleys succumbs to strip malls, new roads, and subdivisions. Too often, we assume that when land is developed it is forever lost to the natural world--or hope that a patchwork of local conservation strategies can somehow hold up against further large-scale development.In Cities in the Wilderness, Bruce Babbitt makes the case for why we need a national vision of land use. We may have a space program, he points out, but here at home we donât have an open-space policy that can balance the needs for human settlement and community with those for preservation of the natural world upon which life depends. Yet such a balance, the author demonstrates, is as remarkably achievable as it is necessary. This is no call for developing a new federal bureaucracy; Babbitt shows instead how much can be--and has been--done by making thoughtful and beneficial use of laws and institutions already in place.Babbitt draws on his extensive experience to take us behind the scenes negotiating the Florida Everglades restoration project, the largest ever authorized by Congress. In California, we discover how the Endangered Species Act has been employed to restore regional habitat. In the Midwest, we see how new World Trade Organization regulations might be used to help restore Iowaâs farmlands and rivers. As a key architect of many environmental success stories, Babbitt reveals how broad restoration projects have thrived through federal- state partnerships and how their principles can be extended to other parts of the country. In this inspiring and informative book, Babbitt offers a vision of land use as grand as the countryâs natural heritage.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America
- Author
- Babbitt, Bruce E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1559630930
- ISBN 13
- 9781559630931
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 6x0x9
- X weight
- 14 oz
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