Babbitt, Bruce E.

Cities in the wilderness : a new vision of land use in America / Bruce Babbitt.

1st Island Press pbk. ed.

Washington, D.C. : Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2007.

xvi, 200 pages ; 24 cm

"In Cities in the Wilderness, Bruce Babbitt makes the case for why we need a national vision of land use. We may have a space program, he points out, but here at home we don't have an open-space policy that can balance the needs for human settlement and community with those for preservation of the natural world upon which life depends. Yet such a balance, the author demonstrates, is as remarkably achievable as it is necessary. This is no call for developing a new federal bureaucracy; Babbitt shows instead how much can be--and has been--done by making thoughtful and beneficial use of laws and institutions already in place. A hallmark of the book is the author's ability to match imaginative vision with practical understanding. Babbitt draws on his extensive experience to take us behind the scenes negotiating the Florida Everglades restoration project, the largest ever authorized by Congress. In California, we discover how the Endangered Species Act, still one of the most effective laws governing land use, has been employed to restore regional habitat. In the Midwest, we see how new World Trade Organization regulations might be used to help restore Iowa's farmlands and rivers. As a key architect of many environmental success stories, Babbitt reveals how broad restoration projects have thrived through federal- state partnership and how their principles can be extended to other parts of the country."--Publisher.

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Land use United States Planning.
Land use Government policy United States.
Wilderness areas United States Management.
Nature conservation United States.
Land use Environmental aspects United States.
Utilisation du sol États-Unis Planification.
Utilisation du sol Politique gouvernementale États-Unis.
Nature Conservation États-Unis.
Utilisation du sol Aspect de l'environnement États-Unis.
Land use Environmental aspects.
Land use Government policy.
Land use Planning.
Nature conservation.
Wilderness areas Management.
United States.

New vision of land use in America
Land use in America

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Cote: BIB 184059
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