Pollution in a promised land : an environmental history of Israel / Alon Tal.
2002
TD187.5.I75 T35 2002eb
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Title
Pollution in a promised land : an environmental history of Israel / Alon Tal.
Author
ISBN
9780520936492 (electronic bk.)
0520936493 (electronic bk.)
0585466513 (electronic bk.)
9780585466514 (electronic bk.)
0520224426 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520224421 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520234286 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520234284 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1597348198
9781597348195
9786612762710
6612762713
1282762710
9781282762718
0520936493 (electronic bk.)
0585466513 (electronic bk.)
9780585466514 (electronic bk.)
0520224426 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520224421 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520234286 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520234284 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1597348198
9781597348195
9786612762710
6612762713
1282762710
9781282762718
Imprint
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 546 pages) : illustrations, map
Call Number
TD187.5.I75 T35 2002eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52862210
Summary
Virtually undeveloped one hundred years ago, Israel, the promised "land of milk and honey," is in ecological disarray. In this gripping book, Alon Tal provides--for the first time ever--a history of environmentalism in Israel, interviewing hundreds of experts and activists who have made it their mission to keep the country's remarkable development sustainable amid a century of political and cultural turmoil
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-516) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The pathology of a polluted river: an introduction to Israel's environmental crises
Reclaiming a homeland: Zionism's mixed ecological message
Palestine's environment, 1900-1949: prelude to disaster or benign half-century?
The forest's many shades of green
The emergence of an Israeli environmental movement
A general launches a war for wildlife
The quantity and quality of Israel's water resources
Israel's urban environment, 1948-1988: the politics of neglect
A ministry of the environment comes of age
Israel, Arabs, and the environment
Environmental activism hits its stride
Toward a sustainable future?
Reclaiming a homeland: Zionism's mixed ecological message
Palestine's environment, 1900-1949: prelude to disaster or benign half-century?
The forest's many shades of green
The emergence of an Israeli environmental movement
A general launches a war for wildlife
The quantity and quality of Israel's water resources
Israel's urban environment, 1948-1988: the politics of neglect
A ministry of the environment comes of age
Israel, Arabs, and the environment
Environmental activism hits its stride
Toward a sustainable future?
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Print version: Tal, Alon, 1960- Pollution in a promised land. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002
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