Environmental Politics and Policy in the West, Third Edition

by Zachary A. Smith

Book Overview

Population growth, industrial development, and renewed resource extraction have put the wide-open spaces and natural resources that define the West under immense stress. Vested interests clash and come to terms over embattled resources such as water, minerals, and even open space. The federal government controls 40 to 80 percent of the land base in many western states, so its sway over the future of the West's communities and environments has prompted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607324563
• ISBN13: 9781607324560
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"