Texas Conference on Our Environmental Crisis
Subtitle: [papers.
Contributors: University of Texas. School of Architecture.
Publisher: School of Architecture, University of Texas
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Congresses.; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Congresses.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Organized by the School of Architecture, the University of Texas."
--American's last chance, by G. Nelson.--Urban renewal and the 1965 Act, by C.W. Nichols.--Mexican Border planning developments, achievements, and intentions, by P.O. Paullada.--A new dimension in philanthropy, by H.L. Oram.--The public's responsibility to the American landscape, by H.B. Owens.--The happy environment--recreation and parks, by J. Prendergast.--The land: uses and misuses, by D. Stamp.--The problems of the salvage industry as they relate to solid waste disposal, by W.S. Story.
Table of contents: title: Billboards, glass houses and the law, by R.B. Babcock.; title: The influence of N.A.S.A., social, industrial and economic, by J.M. Bayne.; title: As the brow of man rises, by E.J. Christensen.; title: Water rights in an urbanizing society, by G. Clay.; title: Poverty and the obstinate urge to beauty, by W.H. Crook.; title: The five o'clock shadow, by G. DeMent.; title: Beauty and the ballot, by H.L. Diamond.; title: The increasing medical significance of environmental domestic noise, by L.E. Farr.; title: Coping with crises in natural resources, by J.L. Fisher.; title: Our environment crisis-manpower development, by J.O. Grantham.; title: The built environment, by Lord Holford.; title: The environment and new transportation modes, by E.M. Horwood.; title: Various aspects of landscape analysis, by J.B. Jackson.; title: Our ugly cities are getting uglier, by P. Johnson.; title: Environmental values in the paths of progress, by P.H. Lewis.; title: The press and elusive issues of beauty, by G. McCue.; title: The dominion of man, by F.B. Morrison.