Research Catalog

Title

Saving open space : the politics of local preservation in California / Daniel Press.

Author

Press, Daniel, 1962-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002.

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Description

xv, 197 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Open spaces > California
• Landscape protection > California
• Open spaces > Government policy > California
• Landscape protection > Government policy > California
• Political entrepreneurship

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. A Statewide History of Local Preservation Efforts: From the Early 1900s to the Present -- 3. Physical, Fiscal, and Administrative Landscapes -- 4. Civic and Environmental Voluntarism in California -- 5. Policy Entrepreneurship -- 6. Policy Capacity across the Landscape -- App. 1. Land Held in Fee Simple by Local Government and Land Trusts -- App. 2. The Community and Conservation in California Survey Questionnaire -- App. 3. Parks Capacity Index -- App. 4. Statewide Environmental Ballot Measures, 1924-2000 -- App. 5. Government Effectiveness Measures -- App. 6. Environmental Awareness Index.

ISBN

• 0520233875 (alk. paper)
• 0520233883 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001007756

OCLC

• 48558836
• ocm48558836
• SCSB-4325613

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries