Devastation and renewal
Subtitle: an environmental history of Pittsburgh and its region
By: edited by Joel A. Tarr.
Contributors: Tarr, Joel A. 1934-
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Environmental conditions -- History; Pittsburgh Region (Pa.) -- Environmental conditions -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Some thoughts about the Pittsburgh environment / Joel A. Tarr; title: The interaction of natural and built environments in the Pittsburgh landscape / Edward K. Muller and Joel A. Tarr; title: River city / Edward K. Muller; title: Critical decisions in Pittsburgh water and wastewater treatment / Joel A. Tarr and Terry F. Yosie; title: Acid mine drainage and Pittsburgh's water quality / Nicholas Casner; title: How, when, and for whom was smoke a problem in Pittsburgh? / Angela Gugliotta; title: Revisiting Donora, Pennsylvania's 1948 air pollution disaster / Lynn Page Snyder; title: Strategies for clean air : the Pittsburgh and Allegheny county smoke control movements, 1940-1960 / Sherie R. Mershon and Joel A. Tarr; title: Slag in the park / Andrew S. McElwaine; title: Beyond celebration : Pittsburgh and its region in the environmental era; title: notes by a participant observer / Samuel P. Hays.