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Author Halfacre, Angela C.

Title A delicate balance : constructing a conservation culture in the South Carolina lowcountry / Angela C. Halfacre ; [foreword by Cynthia Barnett]
Published Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations
Contents Timeline of Key Conservation Events and Legislation -- The Lowcountry Environment Past and Present -- The Emergence of a Conservation Culture -- Leveraged Leadership -- The Primacy of Land and Partnerships -- Growing by Choice : Community Planning -- Conservation Communities -- Sustainable Subdivisions, Conservation Communities -- Weaving Tensions into a Cultural Heritage -- Conserving AgriCulture
Summary Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans. Communities across the country are seeking a viable pattern of growth that promotes prosperity, protects the environment, and preserves the distinctive quality of life and cultural heritage of their regions. The coastal zone of South Carolina is one of the most endangered, culturally complex regions in the state and perhaps in all of the American South. A Delicate Balance examines how a multilayered culture of environmental conservation and sustainable development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Historic conservation -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Cultural property -- Protection -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Nature conservation -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Environmental protection -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Historic conservation -- Social aspects -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Historic sites -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Natural areas -- South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Cultural policy
Cultural property -- Protection
Ecology
Environmental protection
Historic sites
Natural areas
Nature conservation
SUBJECT Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- History, Local
Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- Environmental conditions
South Carolina -- Cultural policy
Subject South Carolina
South Carolina -- Atlantic Coast
Genre/Form Local history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011050453
ISBN 1611172799
9781611172799
1611170710
9781611170719