Bring Back the Buffalo! - A Sustainable Future for America''s Great Plains

Table des matières

Part I: BISON PAST
The Bison Heartland
The Managed Land

Part II: BISON PRESENT
Bison on Indian reservations
Bison on Public Lands
Bison on Ranches

Part III: BISON FUTURE
Bison Country
Real Productivity
Bison as a Food Source
A Buffalo Commons
Bison and Wind Power
Bison Politics and Cowboy Culture

Concusion: They Will Come
Epilogue: for the New Century

A propos de l'auteur

Ernest Callenbach is the author of Ecology: A Pocket Guide (California, 1998), Ecotopia (1975), and Ecotopia Emerging (1981).

Résumé

Arguing that the American Plains are within closer reach of vibrant ecological sustainability than any other region of the country in 1999, this text shows how bringing back the buffalo and using wind to generate power are key to renewed economic and social health for Plains communities.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ernest Callenbach, Callenbach Ernest
• Collaboration: Carl Dennis Buell (Illustrations)
• Edition: University Of California Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 10.10.2000
• EAN: 9780520224070
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22407-0
• Pages: 312
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Nature; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Ecologie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie privée; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning