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9780295988153

The Country in the City

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  • ISBN13:

    9780295988153

  • ISBN10:

    0295988150

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

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Despite a population of 7 million people, the San Francisco Bay Area is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape.The Country in the Citytells the story of how the jigsaw geography of this greenbelt has been set into place.Richard A. Walker is professor of geography and chair of the California Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley. His publications includeThe New Social Economy: Reworking the Division of LaborandThe Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of California Agribusiness.

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Richard A. Walker is Professor of Geography and Chair of the California Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley

Table of Contents

Foreword: Thinking Globally, Acting Locallyp. IX
Prefacep. XV
Abbreviationsp. XXI
Introductionp. 3
Out of the Woods: Stirrings of Conservationp. 19
Fields of Gold: Resources at Close Quartersp. 35
Moving Outdoors: Parks for the Peoplep. 58
The Upper West Side: Suburbia and Conservationp. 82
The Green and the Blue: Saving the Bay and the Coastp. 110
Encounters with the Arch-Modern: Regional Planning and Growth Controlp. 130
Fasten Your Greenbelt: Triumph and Trust Fundsp. 159
Sour Grapes: The Fight for the Wine Countryp. 182
Toxic Landscapes: Beyond Open Spacep. 205
Green Justice: Reclaiming the Inner Cityp. 229
Conclusion: City and Country Reconciled?p. 249
Appendixp. 255
Notesp. 267
Bibliographyp. 319
Indexp. 355
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