Saving America's Countryside A Guide to Rural Conservation

Name: Saving America's Countryside A Guide to Rural Conservation
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ISBN: 9780801855481

ISBN-10: 0801855489

ISBN-13: 9780801855481

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: Samuel N. Stokes, A. Elizabeth Watson, Shelley S. Mastran

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A new edition of the book that received the Historic Preservation Book Prize and the American Society for Landscape Architects' Honor Award Since publication of the first edition of Saving America's Countryside in 1989, the fight to save America's rural resources has met with much success. Approaches considered experimental just a decade ago--greenways and heritage areas, for example--are now widespread. Yet at the same time, such disquieting developments as continuing suburban sprawl, the weakening of federal laws, and the so-called property rights movement all suggest that work remains to be done. Saving America's Countryside was the first and is still the only comprehensive,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



List of Case Studies


List of Sidebars


Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction: Rural Conservation, a Strategy for Sustainability



Rural Concerns



Organizing a Rural Conservation Program



Analyzing the Rural Community



Rural Conservation through Local Government



Voluntary Techniques for Protecting Property



Economic Development and Rural Conservation



Getting Help from the Outside



Community Education and Support


Conclusion: Putting it all Together



Educational Programs on Rural Conservation



Sources of Assistance


Notes to Text


Notes to Case Studies


Notes to Sidebars


References and Suggested Reading


Figure Credits


Index