Our better nature
Subtitle: environment and the making of San Francisco
By: Philip J. Dreyfus.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780806139586
Subjects: City and town life -- California -- San Francisco -- History; City planning -- California -- San Francisco -- History; Landscape -- California -- San Francisco -- History; Urban ecology -- California -- San Francisco; Human ecology -- California -- San Francisco; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- San Francisco; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions; San Francisco (Calif.) -- History; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions; San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Nature and the city; title: Coyote's children; title: Urban genesis; title: Greening the city; title: Water; title: The quest for livability; title: Conclusion: Beyond beauty and comfort.