Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude - Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin

Informationen zum Autor Dennis R. Judd is a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published numerous books, including City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America . Stephanie L. Witt is a professor of public policy and administration at Boise State University. Her publications include Urban West: Governing Cities in Uncertain Times , coauthored with James B. Weatherby. Klappentext Explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America's last urban frontier. The blooming of cities in a fragile desert region poses a host of environmental challenges. This book addresses a pressing question: are large cities ultimately sustainable in such a fragile environment? Zusammenfassung Explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. The blooming of cities in a fragile desert region poses a host of environmental challenges. This book addresses a pressing question: are large cities ultimately sustainable in such a fragile environment?

Product details

• Authors: Dennis R. Witt Judd
• Assisted by: Dennis R. Judd (Editor), Stephanie L. Witt (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2015
• EAN: 9780874179699
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-969-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Urban West Series; Urban West
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education