Download or read book City in a Garden written by Andrew M. Busch and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth.
Download or read book Texas Barrier Islands Region Ecological Characterization written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Barrier Islands Region Ecological Characterization Synthesis papers written by Edward B. Liebow and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to compile and synthesize information from existing sources concerning the natural, physical and social components of the ecosystems with the 24-county study area along the coast of Texas. The topics of the socioeconomic papers are oil and gas production, recreation/tourism industry, commercial fishing, transportation, industrial and residential development and agricultural production.
Download or read book Texas Barrier Islands Region Ecological Characterization Data appendix written by Edward B. Liebow and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to compile and synthesize information from existing sources concerning the natural, physical and social components of the ecosystems with the 24-county study area along the coast of Texas. The topics of the socioeconomic papers are oil and gas production, recreation/tourism industry, commercial fishing, transportation, industrial and residential development and agricultural production.
Download or read book Environmental Characterization Report for the Gulf Interior Region Texas Study Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary Appraisals of the Nation s Ground water Resources Texas Gulf Region written by Ernest T. Baker and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A summary of the distribution, availability and quality of ground water and its importance in the regional water supply.
Download or read book An Input output Model of the South Central Region of Texas written by James R. Vinson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : In order to provide state, local, and regional policy-makers and planners as well as businessmen with an analytic tool, an input--output economic analysis was made of the South Central region of Texas for the year 1967. The results of the study are presented in this report entitled, "An input-output model of the South Central region of Texas." This report provides an overview of the study region, including the geographic setting, demographic characteristics and economic factors of income, employment and earnings. Methodology and procedures of analyses used in the study are discussed. Suggestions as to how the findings of the study may be used as they relate to the total regional economy are presented along with some of the results of this study. The input-output tables for this region are included in this report.
Download or read book An Input output Model of the Low Rolling Plains Region of Texas written by James R. Vinson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Characterization Report for the Texas Study Area Gulf Interior Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Download or read book The Handbook of Texas written by Walter Prescott Webb and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.
Download or read book The Regional Vocabulary of Texas written by E. Bagby Atwood and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vocabulary of Texas, and of the Southwest, has a character that sets it apart from all others. It is to some extent an amalgamation of words brought from other sections. A more important ingredient, however, has been a large group of words that initially grew into usage in Texas itself. Utilizing a thorough knowledge of language and a remarkable insight into linguistics, E. Bagby Atwood has compiled a reference book for scholars, writers, and laypeople whose interests involve the use of this vocabulary. It is a well-balanced book, designed to present to the reader not only the actual vocabulary in use but also the area involved, topical surveys of words used, their backgrounds, and geographical aspects of their usage. Easterners and Westerners alike will relish the unique flavor of the Southwestern vocabulary.
Download or read book Environmental Sustainability Issues in the South Texas Mexico Border Region written by David Ramirez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental sustainability issues in a fragile, semi-arid region and its coastal area, which experience climate changes from extreme drought conditions to the effects of hurricanes over a period of weeks to years, provide specific challenges for the ecosystems and the populations existing within the region. The research presented focuses on the problems and some solutions specific to the South Texas-Mexico border region, on both sides of the Rio Grande, focusing on water and air pollution.
Download or read book Extreme Precipitation Depths for Texas Excluding the Trans Pecos Region written by Jennifer Lanning-Rush and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All Around Texas written by Mary Dodson Wade and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2008 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains all kinds of fun and fascinating facts about the regions of Texas and their valuable resources. You'll find colorful maps that help you locate Texas' regions and understand their features. You will learn about the many natural and man-made resources of the state and how they affect its economy.
