Shaping the Sierra: Nature, Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West

627 Pages·2000·64.984 MB·English

by  Timothy P. Duane

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The publishergratefullyacknowledges the generous contribution
to this bookprovidedbyThe General EndoWInentFund ofthe
Associates ofthe UniversityofCaliforniaPress.
Shaping the Sierra
Nature, Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West
Timothy P. Duane
UNIVERSlrrv OF CAIJIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley LosAngeles I--"ondon
MapsbyJaniceC. Fong
FiguresbyLauraSinlondsSouthworth
Photos©1998byTilllothyP. Duane
UniversityofCaliforniaPress
Berkeleyand LosAngeles, California
UniversityofCaliforniaPress, Ltd.
London, England
Firstpaperbackprinting2000
©1999byTinlothyP. Duane
Librat}ojCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Duane,Tinl0thyP., 1960-.
ShapingtheSierra: nature, culture, andconflictin thechangingwest/ TilTIothy P.
Duane.
p. cnl.
Includesbibliographic referencesand index
ISBN0-520-22676-3 (pbk. :alk. paper)
1. Environnlental policy-Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.). 2. Envirorll11ental
policy-vVest (U.S.). 3. SierraNevada (Calif. and Nev,)-Environrnentalconditions.
4. SierraNevada (Calif. andNev.)-Population. 5. \Vest (U.S.)-Population. 6. Sus
tainabledeveloprnent-SierraNevada (Calif. and Nev.) 1. Title.
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LIST OF FIC~URES, MAPS, AND TABLES / x
PREFACE / xiv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / xxiv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / XXVlZ
1. The Range ofLight / I
2.TheoreticalFoundations / 37
~). TheExodus toExurbia / 73
4. EconornicsandtheEnvironrnent / I22
.5. EcotransforrnationandAmenityValues / [59
6.TheFraglnentedLandscape / I95
7. PoliticsandProperty / 25I
8. ManagingExurbanGro,vth / 296
g. PlanningandPolitics / 337
10. HabitatsandHumanity / 386
II. ReinhabitingtheWest / 425
NOTES / 471
BIBLIOGRAPHY / 5°5
INDEX / 567