Flame and fortune in the American West : urban development, environmental change, and the great Oakland Hills fire / Gregory L. Simon.

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"Flame and Fortune in the American West investigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. The 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-envi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Simon, Gregory, 1974- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:	Critical environments (Oakland, Calif.) ; 1.
Subjects:	Wildland-urban interface > California > Oakland. City planning > California > Oakland. Wildfires > California > Oakland. Natural resources > California > Oakland > Management. City planning. Natural resources > Management. Wildfires. Wildland-urban interface. California > Oakland.
Physical Description:	xii, 255 pages ; 23 cm.
Format:	Book

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