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Author: John Frederic La Trobe Bateman
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 48
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Author: John Frederic La Trobe Bateman
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee Appointed on the East London Water Bills
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Published: 1867
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Metropolis Water Bill
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 948
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph Quick
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick S. Peppercorne
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Published: 1840
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Metropolitan Sanitary Association (LONDON)
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Thomas Wakefield
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 52
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 1436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Fulton
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001-12-04
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801865060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Los Angeles Times Bestseller "William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate."—Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s A Los Angeles Times Bestseller"William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate."—Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as "the new Los Angeles," Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship," the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.
Author: Martin V. Melosi
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Published: 2007-07-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0822973243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHouston's meteoric rise from a bayou trading post to the world's leading oil supplier owes much to its geography, geology, and climate: the large natural port of Galveston Bay, the lush subtropical vegetation, the abundance of natural resources. But the attributes that have made it attractive for industry, energy, and urban development have also made it particularly susceptible to a variety of environmental problems. Energy Metropolis presents a comprehensive history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated unprecedented growth-and the environmental cost of that development.The landmark Spindletop strike of 1901 made inexpensive high-grade Texas oil the fuel of choice for ships, industry, and the infant automobile industry. Literally overnight, oil wells sprang up around Houston. In 1914, the opening of the Houston Ship Channel connected the city to the Gulf of Mexico and international trade markets. Oil refineries sprouted up and down the channel, and the petroleum products industry exploded. By the 1920s, Houston also became a leading producer of natural gas, and the economic opportunities and ancillary industries created by the new energy trade led to a population boom. By the end of the twentieth century, Houston had become the fourth largest city in America.Houston's expansion came at a price, however. Air, water, and land pollution reached hazardous levels as legislators turned a blind eye. Frequent flooding of altered waterways, deforestation, hurricanes, the energy demands of an air-conditioned lifestyle, increased automobile traffic, exponential population growth, and an ever-expanding metropolitan area all escalated the need for massive infrastructure improvements. The experts in Energy Metropolis examine the steps Houston has taken to overcome laissez-faire politics, indiscriminate expansion, and infrastructural overload. What emerges is a profound analysis of the environmental consequences of large-scale energy production and unchecked growth.