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Bay cities and water politics : the battle for resources in Boston and Oakland / Sarah S. Elkind ; maps by Aaron J. Weier.
Lippincott Library HD4464.B67 E45 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elkind, Sarah S., 1963-
- Series:
- Development of western resources
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal water supply--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Municipal water supply.
- Municipal water supply--California--Oakland.
- Water quality management.
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Municipal services.
- United States.
- Municipal services--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Municipal services--California--Oakland.
- California--Oakland.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1998]
- Summary:
- Near the end of the nineteenth century, the cities of Boston and Oakland each faced environmental crises -- water contamination and water shortages -- which existing institutions could not solve. How those cities resolved their problems is the basis of a comparative history that provides valuable insights into urban development and explores the political implications and environmental impacts of regionalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700609075
- OCLC:
- 38948259
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