California's threatened environment : restoring the dream
Deals with various aspects of California environmental quality, offering analysis, projection, and possibilities for reform
Print Book, English, ©1993
Island Press : Planning and Conservation League Foundation, Washington, D.C., ©1993
viii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9781559631730, 9781559631723, 1559631732, 1559631724
26543567
1. The Abundance and the Remains / Tim Palmer
2. A Great Number of People / Tim Palmer
3. The Atmosphere We Breathe / Jane V. Hall
4. California Energy and Global Warming / Chris Calwell
5. Transportation and the Environmental Costs of Auto Dependency / Leif Erik Lange
6. Water Supply: A New Era for a Scarce Resource / Clyde Macdonald
7. The Quality of Water / Alvin J. Greenberg
8. Troubled Shores: The Ocean, Bays, and Estuaries / Barry Nelson
9. Land Use and Growth Management: The Transformation of Paradise / Gary A. Patton
10. Conserving the Land That Feeds Us / Briggs Nisbet
11. The Forest: Fragmented Remnants of an Ecosystem / Tim Palmer
12. Solid Waste: To Recycle or to Bury California / William K. Shireman
13. Toxic Wastes: Proliferating Poisons / Jody Sparks
14. Pesticides: In Our Food, Air, Water, Home, and Workplace / Ralph Lightstone
15. Parks and Recreation: Vital to a Way of Life / Pete Dangermond. 16. Wildlife and Endangered Species: In Precipitous Decline / Sally W. Smith
17. The Native California Landscape / Tim Palmer
18. An Action Agenda for the Future / Gerald H. Meral
Selected Environmental Organizations in California