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By Angela C. Halfacre,Cynthia Barnett

ISBN-10: 1611170710

ISBN-13: 9781611170719

ISBN-10: 1611172780

ISBN-13: 9781611172782

Sustainability of the ordinary atmosphere and of our society has develop into probably the most pressing demanding situations dealing with sleek americans. groups around the state are searching for a practicable trend of development that promotes prosperity, protects the surroundings, and preserves the special caliber of lifestyles and cultural history in their areas. The coastal sector of South Carolina is likely one of the such a lot endangered, culturally advanced areas within the nation and maybe in the entire American South. a fragile stability examines how a multilayered tradition of environmental conservation and sustainable improvement has emerged within the lowcountry of South Carolina. Angela C. Halfacre, a political scientist, describes how sprawl surprise, usual catastrophe, weather switch, and different components spawned and sustain—but from time to time additionally threaten and hinder—the tradition of conservation.

As Halfacre demonstrates, preserving the standard of our environment whereas accommodating residential, advertisement, and business progress is a balancing act replete with compromises. The booklet files the origins, objectives, courses, leaders, strategies, and effectiveness of a conservation tradition. a fragile stability deftly illustrates resilient tradition of conservation that wields starting to be impression within the lowcountry has develop into a huge neighborhood version for conservation efforts around the kingdom. a fragile stability additionally encompasses a foreword through journalist Cynthia Barnett, writer of Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water hindrance and Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the japanese U.S.

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