02684nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10076866 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 010823s2002 enk sb 001 0 eng 2001053155 0333949803 (cloth) 0333949811 (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70720491 HC260.E5 S5 2002eb 333.7/0941/0904 21 Sheail, John. An environmental history of twentieth-century Britain [electronic resource] / John Sheail. Environmental history of 20th century Britain Houndmills, basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002. x, 306 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index. Machine generated contents note: Preface -- 1 Histories of Their Time -- Introduction -- A Twentieth-Century Conspectus -- 2 The Management of Change -- Introduction -- Housing and Town Planning -- Local Planning -- National Planning -- Political Laboratories -- A Vision Lost -- 3 Nature Incorporated -- Introduction -- The Sanitary Authorities -- Sewering the Suburbs -- New Towns and Oysters -- The Multi-Purpose Use of Water -- 4 New Beginnings in Forestry -- Introduction -- The Forest Authority -- Forest Parks -- Multi-Purpose Forestry -- 5 A Third Force -- Introduction -- The Agricultural Context -- National Parks -- Nature Reserves -- Coastal Preservation -- The Challenge of Leisure -- 6 Environmental Conservation -- Introduction -- Agricultural Improvement -- Arresting 'the Engine of Destruction' -- Towards 'Creative Conservation' -- 7 Transport and the Environment -- Introduction -- 'Mixed Blessing' -- London's Third Airport -- Commercial Pipelines -- The Pipe-Lines Act -- Environmental Assessment -- 8 Environmental Hazards -- Introduction -- Dereliction -- Before 'Silent Spring' -- Air Quality -- 9 The Century of the Environment -- Introduction -- Raising Awareness -- 'Movers and Shakers' -- Bibliography -- Index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Environmental policy Great Britain. City planning Environmental aspects Great Britain. Human ecology Great Britain. Great Britain Environmental conditions. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10076866 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 53596 53596