Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American LifeBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M05 30 - 237 páginas Americans during the twentieth-century became more disconnected from the environment and nature than ever before. More Americans lived in cities rather than on farms; they became ever more reliant on technology to interact with the world around them and with each other. Perhaps paradoxically, the twentieth-century also became the period in which environmental issues played an ever-increasing role in politics and public policy. Why is this so? Perhaps because, despite what many people believe, nature and the environment remains central to everyone's daily life. Pollution, environmental degradation, urban sprawl, loss of wildlife and biodiversity - all of these issues directly impact how everyone - even city dwellers - live their lives. |
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... areas in which people lived and worked . In addition , sanitation teams led other efforts to eradicate the areas in which the mosquitoes bred . This resulted in the drainage of more than 100 square miles of swamp . To better manage ...
... areas worth their attention were distant from where they lived and worked . How would this new interest in nature influence local environments ? Although the passion for nature in one's everyday life and the preservation interest in ...
... areas pressed road building into other areas . Most urban regions soon proposed express streets with- out stop lights or intersections . These aesthetically conceived roadways , normally following the natural topography of the land ...
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