Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast

Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast
ISBN-10
0822973243
ISBN-13
9780822973249
Category
History
Pages
344
Language
English
Published
2014-08-21
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Pre
Authors
Martin V. Melosi, Joseph A. Pratt

Description

A comprehensive history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated unprecedented growth--and the environmental cost of that development. Examines the steps Houston has taken to overcome laissez-faire politics, indiscriminate expansion, and infrastructural overload. An analysis of the environmental consequences of large-scale energy production and unchecked growth.

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