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Bay Cities and Water Politics

Hardcover • 1998 • English

Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland (Development of Western Resources)

By Sarah S. Elkind

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About the book

Near the end of the nineteenth century, the cities of Boston and Oakland each faced environmental crises of water contamination and shortages that existing regional agencies could not solve. How these two cities resolved their water 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. Water defined the limits to growth of these bay cities and, as Sarah Elkind demons...Show more

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ISBN

9780700609079

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Bay Cities and Water Politics

Format

Hardcover

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