The Florida Experience RFF Press

ISBN: 9780801818967

出版年: 1976-9

定价: 81.00

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RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE??? INC.
1755 Massachusetts Avenue??? N.W.??? Washington??? D.C. 20036
Board of Directors: Gilbert F. White??? Chairman??? Harrison Brown??? Roberio
de O. Campos??? Edward I. Cleary??? Joseph L. Fisher??? Luther H. Foster???
F. Kenneth Hare??? Charles J. Hitch??? Charles F. Luce??? Laurence L Moss??? Frank
Pace??? Jr.??? Emanuel R. Piore??? Stanley H. Ruttenberg??? Lauren K. Seth??? Janez
Stanovnik??? Maurice F. Strong??? Julia D. Stuart??? p. F. Watzek
Honorary Directors: Horace M. Albright??? Erwin D. Canham??? Hugh L??? Keenley-
side??? Edward S. Mason??? William S. Paley??? John W. Vanderwilt
Acting President: Marion Clawson
Secretary-Treasurer: John E. Herbert
Resources for the Future is a nonprofit corporation for research and educa-
tion in the development??? conservation??? and use of natural resources and the
improvement of the quality of the environment. It was established in 1952
with the cooperation of the Ford Foundation. Part of the work of Resources
for the Future is carried out by its resident staff; part is supported by grants
to universities and other nonprofit organizations. Unless otherwise stated??? Preface
interpretations and conclusions in RFF publications are those of the authors;
the organization takes responsibility for the selection of significant subjects
for study??? the competence of the researchers??? and their freedom of inquiry.
This book is one of RFF s studies??? prepared under the auspices of the quality The genesis of this book cannot be too precisely placed??? but it goes back
of the environment program??? directed by Waiter Spofford. It was edited by
Brigitte Weeks. Figures were drawn by Clare and Frank Ford. tO my need about five years ago for a respite from the journalist s task
of tracking fleeting events. I wanted a chance to take a more reflective look
RFF editors: Mark Reinsberg??? Joan R. Tron??? Ruth B. Haas??? Joann Hinkel at the increasingly frequent conflicts between conservation and economic
Copyright ~ 1074 by The Johns Hopkins University Press growth or development. Since 1965??? the year I had joined the staff of
All rights reserved Science magazine (having given up my job as a Washington correspondent
Manufactured in the United States of America for a Southern newspaper~??? I had followed the emergence of the environ-
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number .~!-68~~e-
ISBN 0-8018-1646-7 (clothbound} mental movement as a substantial force in the nation s intellectual and
ISBN 6-gO10-1896-S (paperboundl political life. My articles had dealt with a wide range of conflicts between
Originally published??? 1974 COnservation and development--for instance??? over proposed dams in the
Grand Canyon??? pollution and dredging for oyster shells in Galveston Bay???
Johns Hopkins Paperback edition??? 1976 Clear-cutting in national forests??? nuclear testing on Amchitka Island??? and
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data will be found on the last all development on the Alaskan north slope??? I also had followed closely
printed page of this book. SOme important attempts at establishing a framework of law and govern-
ment for coping with environmental controversies in a more coherent and
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