THE WILDERNESS. A New Vision Of Land Use In America. by Babbitt, Bruce - 2007

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Island Press, 2007-08-03. paperback. Used: Good.

Washington DC: Island Press, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. 200 pages; 6 x 9" Front cover top edge and the first few top page edges are bumped; crease to front cover and first page; cover corners and long edges are lightly worn.

Island Press, 2007-08-03. paperback. Used:Good.

Island Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 216 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. In this brilliant, gracefully written, and important new book, former Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt brings fresh thought to questions of how we can build a future we want to live in.We've all experienced America's changing natural landscape as the integrity of our forests, seacoasts, and river valleys succumbs to strip malls, new roads, and subdivisions. Too often, we assume that when land is developed it is forever lost to the natural world--or hope that a patchwork of local conservation strategies can somehow hold up against further large-scale development. In CITIES IN THE WILDERNESS, Bruce Babbitt makes the case for why we need a national vision of land use. We may have a space program, he points out, but here at home we don't have an open-space policy that can balance the needs for human settlement and community with those for preservation of the natural world upon which life depends. Yet such a balance, the author… Read More

Island Press, 2007-08-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!