| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome. |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Timeline of Key Conservation Events and Legislation -- The Lowcountry Environment Past and Present -- The Emergence of a Conservation Culture -- Leveraged Leadership -- The Primacy of Land and Partnerships -- Growing by Choice : Community Planning -- Conservation Communities -- Sustainable Subdivisions, Conservation Communities -- Weaving Tensions into a Cultural Heritage -- Conserving AgriCulture. |
| Summary |
Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans. Communities across the country are seeking a viable pattern of growth that promotes prosperity, protects the environment, and preserves the distinctive quality of life and cultural heritage of their regions. The coastal zone of South Carolina is one of the most endangered, culturally complex regions in the state and perhaps in all of the American South. A Delicate Balance examines how a multilayered culture of environmental conservation and sustainable development. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Historic conservation -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Cultural property -- Protection -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Cultural property -- Protection. |
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South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast. |
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Nature conservation -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Nature conservation. |
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Environmental protection. |
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Environmental protection -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Historic conservation -- Social aspects -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Historic sites -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Historic sites. |
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Natural areas -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast.
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Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- History, Local.
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Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- Environmental conditions.
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South Carolina -- Cultural policy.
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South Carolina. |
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Natural areas. |
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Cultural policy. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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Ecology. |
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Local history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Halfacre, Angela C. Delicate balance. Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011050453 |
| ISBN |
1611172799 (electronic book) |
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9781611172799 (electronic book) |
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9781611170719 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611172782 (paperback) |
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1611170710 |
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9781611170719 |
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