The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area

Contents

contents foreword: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, by William Cronon ix Preface xv Abbreviations xxi introduction Saving Graces 3 1 out of the woods Stirrings of Conservation 19 2 fields of gold Resources at Close Quarters 35 3 moving outdoors Parks for the People 58 4 the upper west side Suburbia and Conservation 82 5 the green and the blue Saving the Bay and the Coast 110 6 encounters with the arch-modern Regional Planning and Growth Control 130 7 fasten your greenbelt Triumph and Trust Funds 159 8 sour grapes The Fight for the Wine Country 182 9 toxic landscapes Beyond Open Space 205 10 green justice Reclaiming the Inner City 229 conclusion City and Country Reconciled? 249 Appendix 255 Notes 267 Bibliography 319 Index 355 maps viii 1 Major Landscape Features of the Bay Area xxiv 2 Bay Area Counties and Cities xxv 3 The Bay Area Greenbelt, 2005 2 4 Bay Area Urban Area, 1910, 1954, 1990 36 5 Bay Area Protected Watershed Lands, 2005 46 6 State Parks in the Bay Area, 2005 69 7 East Bay Regional Parks, 2005 78 8 Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore, 2005 96 9 Proposed Bay Area Greenbelt 139 10 Bay Area Land at Risk for Development 156 11 Open Space on the San Francisco Peninsula, 2005 165 12 Sonoma County Land Use, 2005 200 13 Toxic Hot Spots of San Francisco Bay, 1986 224 ...