Paving paradise
Subtitle: Florida's vanishing wetlands and the failure of no net loss
By: Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino.
Contributors: Waite, Matthew, 1975-
Series: The Florida history and culture series
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780813032863
Subjects: Wetlands -- Florida; Wetland conservation -- Government policy -- Florida
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The numbers game; title: "The national emblem of Florida"; title: A reasonable curb; title: "Let us try"; title: Marco Island & Bonita Springs; title: Six percent saviors; title: "The joy of life"; title: The promise, plus; title: Images of loss; title: The myth of mitigation; title: Turning a minus into a plus; title: "A mine is a terrible thing to waste"; title: Let sleeping watchdogs lie; title: The cussing congressman; title: Loopholes and sinkholes; title: Dirty water; title: Banking on phony numbers; title: Toward a more honest system; title: Appendix A : Satellite imagery methodology; title: Appendix B : Accuracy Assessment tables