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Title:

Devastation and renewal : an environmental history of Pittsburgh and its region / edited by Joel A. Tarr.

Publisher:

University of Pittsburgh Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

viii, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History.--History.
Pittsburgh Region (Pa.)--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-267) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Some thoughts about the Pittsburgh environment / Joel A. Tarr -- The interaction of natural and built environments in the Pittsburgh landscape / Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr -- River city / Edward K. Muller -- Critical decisions in Pittsburgh water and wastewater treatment / Joel A. Tarr and Terry F. Yosie -- Acid mine drainage and Pittsburgh's water quality / Nicholas Casner -- How, when, and for whom was smoke a problem in Pittsburgh? / Angela Gugliotta -- Revisiting Donora, Pennsylvania's 1948 air pollution disaster / Lynn Page Snyder -- Strategies for clean air : the Pittsburgh and Allegheny county smoke control movements, 1940-1960 / Sherie R. Mershon and Joel A. Tarr -- Slag in the park / Andrew S. McElwaine -- Beyond celebration : Pittsburgh and its region in the environmental era--notes by a participant observer / Samuel P. Hays.

ISBN:

9780822941569 (alk. paper)
0822941562 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52601562

LCCN:

2003015126

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)