Research Catalog

Title

The land that could be : environmentalism and democracy in the twenty-first century / William A. Shutkin.

Author

Shutkin, William A.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.

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Details

Description

xx, 273 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this book environmentalist and lawyer William Shutkin describes a new kind of environmental and social activism spreading across the nation, one that joins the pursuit of environmental quality with that of civic health and sustainable local economies. In the face of challenges posed by often corrosive market forces and widespread social disaffection, this civic environmentalism is creating nothing less than a new public discourse and dynamic social vision grounded in environmental action."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Urban and industrial environments

Uniform Title

Urban and industrial environments

Subject

• Democracy > United States
• Democracy and environmentalism > United States
• Environmentalism > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

All things merge into one : environmentalism and civic life -- The physics of civics, or the environmental consequences of civic decline -- The land that could be : American environmentalism and the pursuit of sustainable communities -- Urban agriculture in Boston's Dudley neighborhood : a modern twist on Jefferson's dream -- Oakland's Fruitvale Transit Village : building an environmentally sound vehicle for neighborhood revitalization -- Community-based conservation and conservation-based development in rural Colorado -- Smart growth, community planning, and cooperation in suburban New Jersey -- Coming full circle : an emerging model of environmentalism and democracy.

ISBN

026219435X (hc : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^99056829^

OCLC

42786280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library