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Pollution in a promised land : an environmental history of Israel / Alon Tal.
LIBRA TD187.5.I75 T35 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tal, Alon, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pollution--Israel.
- Pollution.
- Environmental conditions.
- Israel--Environmental conditions.
- Israel.
- Environmental protection--Israel.
- Environmental protection.
- Environmental policy--Israel.
- Environmental policy.
- Local Subjects:
- Israel--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 546 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 The Pathology of a Polluted River: An Introduction to Israel's Environmental Crisis
- 2 Reclaiming a Homeland: Zionism's Mixed Ecological Message
- 3 Palestine's Environment, 1900-1949: Prelude to Disaster or Benign Half-Century?
- 4 The Forest's Many Shades of Green
- 5 The Emergence of an Israeli Environmental Movement
- 6 A General Launches a War for Wildlife
- 7 The Quantity and Quality of Israel's Water Resources
- 8 Israel's Urban Environment, 1948-1988: The Politics of Neglect
- 9 A Ministry of Environment Comes of Age
- 10 Israel, Arabs, and the Environment
- 11 Environmental Activism Hits Its Stride
- 12 Toward a Sustainable Future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-516) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520224426
- 0520234286
- OCLC:
- 47791039
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