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Metropolitan Phoenix
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Author : Patricia Gober
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-02-12
Metropolitan Phoenix written by Patricia Gober and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Social Science categories.
Inhabitants of Phoenix tend to think small but live big. They feel connected to individual neighborhoods and communities but drive farther to get to work, feel the effects of the regional heat island, and depend in part for their water on snow packs in Wyoming. In Metropolitan Phoenix, Patricia Gober explores the efforts to build a sustainable desert city in the face of environmental uncertainty, rapid growth, and increasing social diversity. Metropolitan Phoenix chronicles the burgeoning of this desert community, including the audacious decisions that created a metropolis of 3.6 million people in a harsh and demanding physical setting. From the prehistoric Hohokam, who constructed a thousand miles of irrigation canals, to the Euro-American farmers, who converted the dryland river valley into an agricultural paradise at the end of the nineteenth century, Gober stresses the sense of beginning again and building anew that has been deeply embedded in wave after wave of human migration to the region. In the early twentieth century, the so-called health seekers—asthmatics, arthritis and tuberculosis sufferers—arrived with the hope of leading more vigorous lives in the warm desert climate, while the postwar period drew veterans and their families to the region to work in emerging electronics and defense industries. Most recently, a new generation of elderly, seeking "active retirement," has settled into planned retirement communities on the perimeter of the city. Metropolitan Phoenix also tackles the future of the city. The passage of a recent transportation initiative, efforts to create a biotechnology incubator, and growing publicity about water shortages and school funding have placed Phoenix at a crossroads, forcing its citizens to grapple with the issues of social equity, environmental quality, and economic security. Gober argues that given Phoenix's dramatic population growth and enormous capacity for change, it can become a prototype for twenty-first-century urbanization, reconnecting with its desert setting and building a multifaceted sense of identity that encompasses the entire metropolitan community.
Phoenix Metro Street Guide
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Author : Rand McNally
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-09
Phoenix Metro Street Guide written by Rand McNally and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09 with Phoenix (Ariz.) categories.
Metro Phoenix Point Source 208 Plan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Metro Phoenix Point Source 208 Plan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Phoenix Area S Parks And Preserves
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Author : Donna Hartz
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2007-09-01
Phoenix Area S Parks And Preserves written by Donna Hartz and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with History categories.
Metropolitan Phoenix is one of the country's fastest growing areas, contains the nation's fifth largest city, adds more than 100,000 residents each year, and rapidly consumes the surrounding desert. However, it is not losing all of its open space. One can stand anywhere in the Valley of the Sun and look toward the horizon--in just about any direction the glories of nearly 100 years of preservation efforts are visible. All told, over 300 square miles of the most beautiful desert and mountain scenery are preserved or targeted for preservation in the Phoenix area. This book celebrates the beauty of these special places, and the foresight, determination, and efforts required to preserve this critical link to the great outdoors. Using more than a century's worth of historical photographs, it tells the stories of the acquisition and development of seven of the Phoenix area's most important parks and preserves.
Phoenix
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Author : Bradford Luckingham
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1995-08-01
Phoenix written by Bradford Luckingham and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-01 with History categories.
More than half of all Arizonans live in Phoenix, the center of one of the most urbanized states in the nation. This history of the Sunbelt metropolis traces its growth from its founding in 1867 to its present status as one of the ten largest cities in the United States. Drawing on a wide variety of archival materials, oral accounts, promotional literature, and urban historical studies, Bradford Luckingham presents an urban biography of a thriving city that for more than a century has been an oasis of civilization in the desert Southwest. First homesteaded by pioneers bent on seeing a new agricultural empire rise phoenix-like from ancient Hohokam Indian irrigation ditches and farming settlements, Phoenix became an agricultural oasis in the desert during the late 1800s. With the coming of the railroads and the transfer of the territorial capital to Phoenix, local boosters were already proclaiming it the new commercial center of Arizona. As the city also came to be recognized as a health and tourist mecca, thanks to its favorable climate, the concept of "the good life" became the centerpiece of the city's promotional efforts. Luckingham follows these trends through rapid expansion, the Depression, and the postwar boom years, and shows how economic growth and quality of life have come into conflict in recent times.
Phoenix S Greater Encanto Palmcroft Neighborhood
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Author : G.G. George and Leigh Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014
Phoenix S Greater Encanto Palmcroft Neighborhood written by G.G. George and Leigh Conrad and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
The Encanto-Palmcroft neighborhood in central Phoenix was created in the twilight of the "City Beautiful Movement", a philosophy that supported beautiful surroundings to promote moral and social order. Even in the 21st century, this neighborhood maintains its integrity and significance due tot he participation of residents who realize its historic importance.
The Phoenix Area S Parks And Preserves
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Author : Donna Hartz
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007
The Phoenix Area S Parks And Preserves written by Donna Hartz and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Metropolitan Phoenix is one of the country's fastest growing areas, contains the nation's fifth largest city, adds more than 100,000 residents each year, and rapidly consumes the surrounding desert. However, it is not losing all of its open space. One can stand anywhere in the Valley of the Sun and look toward the horizon--in just about any direction the glories of nearly 100 years of preservation efforts are visible. All told, over 300 square miles of the most beautiful desert and mountain scenery are preserved or targeted for preservation in the Phoenix area. This book celebrates the beauty of these special places, and the foresight, determination, and efforts required to preserve this critical link to the great outdoors. Using more than a century's worth of historical photographs, it tells the stories of the acquisition and development of seven of the Phoenix area's most important parks and preserves.
Desert Visions And The Making Of Phoenix 1860 2009
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Author : Philip VanderMeer
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2010-12-16
Desert Visions And The Making Of Phoenix 1860 2009 written by Philip VanderMeer and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-16 with History categories.
Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the nation’s fifth largest city. From the beginning, Phoenix sought to grow, and although growth has remained central to the city’s history, its importance, meaning, and value have changed substantially over the years. The initial vision of Phoenix as an American Eden gave way to the Cold War Era vision of a High Tech Suburbia, which in turn gave way to rising concerns in the late twentieth century about the environmental, social, and political costs of growth. To understand how such unusual growth occurred in such an improbable location, Philip VanderMeer explores five major themes: the natural environment, urban infrastructure, economic development, social and cultural values, and public leadership. Through investigating Phoenix’s struggle to become a major American metropolis, his study also offers a unique view of what it means to be a desert city.
Phoenix Metropolitan Area Street Guide And Directory
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Author : Thomas Brothers Maps
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-07
Phoenix Metropolitan Area Street Guide And Directory written by Thomas Brothers Maps and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07 with Travel categories.
Metropolitan Phoenix Street Atlas
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Metropolitan Phoenix Street Atlas written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Maricopa County (Ariz.) categories.