California: its people, its problems, its prospects

by Robert W. Durrenberger

Professor Robert Durrenberger presents the geographical facts and principles that are the background for the issues confronting Californians. The Uniqueness of California (James J. Parsons); After 19 Million, What? (Population Reference Bureau); Population Growth and Urbanization; Amenities as a Factor in Regional Growth (Edward L. Ullman); Spatial Disharmonies in California Population Growth (Howard F. Gregor); Urban Development in Southern California Between 1940 and 1965 (Richard E. Preston); Purpose in the Southern California Landscape (Homer Aschmann); Geography and Urban Evolution in the San Francisco Bay Area (James E. Vance, Jr.); Urban Pressures on California Land (Howard F. Gregor); The Soil Beneath the Blacktop (Richard G. Lillard); Parks and An Exploding Population Needs Places to Explode In (D.B. Luten); People, Recreation, Wild Lands, and Wilderness (Homer Aschmann); Reserved Lands and the Supply of Space for the Southern California Metropolis (Rodney Steiner); Water Must the American West be Won Again? (Frank Quinn); Losing the Water Battle (Frank M. Stead); Geographical Aspects of Air Pollution (Philip A. Leighton); How to Get of Smog (Frank M. Stead); California State Development Plan Program Report (California State Office of Planning); Our Deteriorating Environment (Mel Scott); The Dynamics of Repulsion (D.B. Luten)

315 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1971