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Environment and urbanization in modern Italy, Federico Paolini

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Environment and urbanization in modern Italy

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Federico Paolini

JSTOR eBooksHistory of the urban environment

From the second half of the 1940s, when postwar reconstruction began in Italy, there were three notable driving forces of environmental change: the uncontrollable process of urban drift, fueled by considerable migratory flows from the countryside and southern regions toward the cities where large-scale productive activities were beginning to amass; unruly industrial development, which was tolerated since it was seen as the necessary tribute to be paid to progress and modernization; and mass consumption. In his fourth book, Federico Paolini presents a series of essays ranging from the uses of natural resources, to environmental problems caused by means of transport, to issues concerning environmental politics and the dynamics of the environment movement. Paolini concludes the book with a forecast about the environmental problems that will emerge in the public debate of the twenty-first century.--, Provided by publisher

The economic and environmental impacts of biomass, solar, and mini-wind power plants : the world, Italy, and Tuscany -- The environmental impact of urbanization and industrialization in the greater Florence area, 1945-2011 -- Florence and its waters : water management policies in a central Italian city, 1944-1980 -- Industries, tourism, and the environment : a case study of Tuscany's central southern coast -- The environmental impact of the car on Italian cities, 1950-1974 -- Transportation and the environment in Italy, 1944-2006 -- Cars and emissions regulation in Italy, 1950-2008 -- Environmental knowledge, urban planning, and political decisions in Italy from 1850 to the present -- The parabola of Italian environmentalism : from the centrality of associationism to the success of NIMBY localism -- Popular initiative movements and the commons : promotion of an alternative economic model or defense of the particular?