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

Published:
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2003]
Copyright Date:
©2003
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:
Tarr, Joel A. (Joel Arthur), 1934-
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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.
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.
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ISBN:
9780822972860 (electronic bk.)
0822972867 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-267) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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