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Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude: Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin (The Urban West Series)
Judd, Dennis R., Witt, Stephanie L.
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Description for Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude: Urbanization and Cultural Conflict in the Great Basin (The Urban West Series)
Paperback. Explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into AmericaAEs last urban frontier. The blooming of cities in a fragile desert region poses a host of environmental challenges. This book addresses a pressing question: are large cities ultimately sustainable in such a fragile environment? Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Witt, Stephanie L. Series: The Urban West Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: RNT; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation’s entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates, the development of Salt Lake City’s urban corridor along the Wasatch Range, and the growth of Boise’s celebrated high-tech economy and hip urban culture.
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Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America’s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation’s entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates, the development of Salt Lake City’s urban corridor along the Wasatch Range, and the growth of Boise’s celebrated high-tech economy and hip urban culture.
The blooming of cities in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Series
The Urban West Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874179699
SKU
V9780874179699
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Ref
99-15
About Judd, Dennis R., Witt, Stephanie L.
Dennis R. Judd is a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He has published numerous books, including City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America. Stephanie L. Witt is a professor of public policy and administration at Boise State University, USA. Her publications include Urban West: Governing Cities in Uncertain Times, coauthored with ... Read more
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