The Florida Experience - Land and Water Policy in a Growth State

Zusatztext '... [Carter] records the activities of various land exploiters as they rape and pillage Florida's land and water resources...weaving a well-written chronicle of these rapacious events. It is a book that will interest a wide variety of concerned citizens...an important book describing the land history of one of the fastest-growing states in the US.'Urban Studies Informationen zum Autor Carter, Luther J. Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung "Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State". Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION, 1. THE LAND AND THE CRISIS, 2. THE FIGHT AGAINST PORK CHOP RULE, PART II: SOUTH FLORIDA 1: AN EVOLVING LAND POLICY, 3. LAND DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE, 4. THE PARK AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, PART II: SOUTH FLORIDA II: THE PROBLEMS OF GROWTH, 5. THE YEARS OF DROUGHT AND THE LAND AND WATER LAWS OF 1972, 6. DADE COUNTY: THE MINI-STATE, 7. THE JETPORT: MISPLACED RESPONSIBILITY, 8. SAVING THE BIG CYPRESS, PART III: THE VAGARIES OF POWER, 9. THE BARGE CANAL: THE USES OF POWER, PART IV: CONCLUSION, 10. FINDING THE WAY, EPILOGUE, INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Luther J. Carter, Carter Luther J., Luther J. Carter
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781617260711
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-071-1
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Rff Library Collection: Water; RFF Water Policy Set; RFF Water Policy Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Florida, NATURE / Natural Resources, Environmental Management