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Author:

Swearingen, William Scott, 1961-

Title:

Environmental city : people, place, politics, and the meaning of modern Austin / William Scott Swearingen, Jr.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 273 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

City planning--Environmental aspects--Austin.--Austin.
Land use, Urban--Environmental aspects--Austin.--Austin.
Environmentalism--Austin.--Austin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The theory behind the connections -- The landscape emerges -- Institutionalizing environmental concerns: city government and city politics -- Of neighborhoods and environment: contesting the growth machine -- The environmental meaning as banner: the save our springs coalition and the green machine -- The environmental city -- The doing of it: continuing the environmental meaning.

ISBN:

0292722028 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292722026 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292721811 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292721814 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)421532119

LCCN:

2009024797

Locations:

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