Title Shaping the Sierra : nature, culture, and conflict in the changing west / Timothy P. Duane.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.

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Description	1 online resource (xxviii, 595 pages)
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Contents	The range of light -- Theoretical foundations -- The exodus to exurbia -- Economics and the environment -- Ecotransformation the amenity value -- The fragmented landscape -- Politics and property -- Managing exurban growth -- Planning and politics -- Habitats and humanity -- Reinhabiting the west.
Summary	Timothy P. Duane documents the impact of rapid population growth on the culture, economy, and ecology of the Sierra Nevada since the late 1960s. He also recommends innovative policies for mitigating the negative effects of future population growth in this spectacular but threatened region, as well as throughout the rural west.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-566) and index.
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Subject	Environmental policy -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
	Environmental policy.
	Environmental policy -- West (U.S.)
	Sustainable development -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
	Sustainable development.
	Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Environmental conditions.
	Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Population.
	West (U.S.) -- Population.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	University of California Press.
Added Title	University of California Press collection.
Other Form:	Print version: 9780520226760
ISBN	9780520926141 (electronic book)
	0520926145 (electronic book)
	0520212460 (alkaline paper)
	0520226763 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780520226760
	9780520212466

Title Shaping the Sierra : nature, culture, and conflict in the changing west / Timothy P. Duane.

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