Title Environmental city : people, place, politics, and the meaning of modern Austin / William Scott Swearingen, Jr

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 273 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents The theory behind the connections -- The landscape emerges -- Institutionalizing environmental concerns: city government and city politics -- Of neighborhoods and environment: contesting the growth machine -- The environmental meaning as banner: the save our springs coalition and the green machine -- The environmental city -- The doing of it: continuing the environmental meaning Summary Annotation As Austin grew from a college and government town of the 1950s into the sprawling city of 2010, two ideas of Austin as a place came into conflict. Many who promoted the ideology of growth believed Austin would be defined by economic output, money, and wealth. But many others thought Austin was instead defined by its quality of life. Because the natural environment contributed so much to Austin's quality of life, a social movement that wanted to preserve the city's environment became the leading edge of a larger movement that wanted to retain a unique sense of place. The "environmental movement" in Austin became the political and symbolic arm of the more general movement for place. This is a history of the environmental movement in Austin--how it began; what it did; and how it promoted ideas about the relationships between people, cities, and the environment. It is also about a deeper movement to retain a sense of place that is Austin, and how that deeper movement continues to shape the way Austin is built today. The city it helped to create is now on the forefront of national efforts to rethink how we build our cities, reduce global warming, and find ways that humans and the environment can coexist in a big city Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Austin Land use, Urban -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Austin Environmentalism -- Texas -- Austin POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning. NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection City planning -- Environmental aspects Environmentalism Land use, Urban -- Environmental aspects Texas -- Austin Form Electronic book LC no. 2009024797 ISBN 9780292792784 0292792786 0292721811 9780292721814 0292722028 9780292722026

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