Devastation and renewal : an environmental history of Pittsburgh and its region / edited by Joel A. Tarr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tarr, Joel A., 1934- editor.

Series:

History of the urban environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pittsburgh Region (Pa.)--Environmental conditions--History.

Pittsburgh Region (Pa.).

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Environmental conditions--History.

Pittsburgh (Pa.).

Ecology.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Today, the steel industry that defined Pittsburgh for over a century is virtually gone. The sky is blue, fish swim in the rivers, and the hillsides are green and lush. The people enjoy access to many large public parks and trails." "In Devastation and Renewal, environmental scholars examine Pittsburgh's process of reclamation, as well as how power was used to cause change or prevent it, and who benefited from environmental initiatives and why. The authors assert that there is still a long road ahead for reclamation and conservation. If a lesson may be taken from history, it is that changes will come along circuitous routes as they have before, often springing from self-interest, and obstructed by battles among competing, civic groups, regional and national government agencies, individuals, and corporations."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction : Some thoughts about the Pittsburgh environment / Joel A. Tarr

The interaction of natural and built environments in the Pittsburgh landscape / Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr

River city / Edward K. Muller

Critical decisions in Pittsburgh water and wastewater treatment / Joel A. Tarr and Terry F. Yosie

Acid mine drainage and Pittsburgh's water quality / Nicholas Casner

How, when, and for whom was smoke a problem in Pittsburgh? / Angela Gugliotta

Revisiting Donora, Pennsylvania's 1948 air pollution disaster / Lynn Page Snyder

Strategies for clean air : the Pittsburgh and Allegheny county smoke control movements, 1940-1960 / Sherie R. Mershon and Joel A. Tarr

Slag in the park / Andrew S. McElwaine

Beyond celebration : Pittsburgh and its region in the environmental era

notes by a participant observer / Samuel P. Hays.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-267) and index.

ISBN:

9780822972860

0822972867

OCLC:

607038393