University of Pittsburgh Press

History of the Urban Environment

History of the Urban Environment

New and Selected

Nature’s Crossroads

Nature’s Crossroads

The Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota

Edited By George Vrtis, Christopher W. Wells
Urban Infrastructure

Urban Infrastructure

Historical and Social Dimensions of an Interconnected World

Edited By Joseph Heathcott, Jonathan Soffer, Rae Zimmerman
Krakow

Krakow

An Ecobiography

Edited By Adam Izdebski, Rafał Szmytka
Coastal Metropolis

Coastal Metropolis

Environmental Histories of Modern New York City

Edited By Carl A. Zimring, Steven H. Corey
City of Lake and Prairie

City of Lake and Prairie

Chicago's Environmental History

Edited By Kathleen A. Brosnan, Ann Durkin Keating, William C. Barnett
Environment and Urbanization in Modern Italy

Environment and Urbanization in Modern Italy

By Federico Paolini
A Mighty Capital under Threat

A Mighty Capital under Threat

The Environmental History of London, 1800-2000

Edited By Bill Luckin, Peter Thorsheim
Nature’s Entrepot

Nature’s Entrepot

Philadelphia’s Urban Sphere and Its Environmental Thresholds

Edited By Brian C. Black, Michael J. Chiarappa
Unnatural Resources

Unnatural Resources

Energy and Environmental Politics in Appalachia after the 1973 Oil Embargo

By Michael Camp
Slick Policy

Slick Policy

Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill

By Teresa Sabol Spezio
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The History of the Urban Environment series features books that examine the historical impact of urbanization, showcasing the best scholarship within the field of urban environmental history, and presents issues that matter most to general readers interested in the environment.

Books in the series consider the history of the human-built environment from a broad range of perspectives—geographical, technological, ecological, cultural, and social–in both domestic and international contexts. It presents studies that highlight the environmental challenges faced by specific urban centers, as well as works that combine theoretical and practical approaches to important urban environmental topics.

Acquiring Editor: Joshua Shanholtzer

Series Editors

Martin V. MelosiUniversity of Houston

Martin V. Melosi is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor and founding director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. Melosi received the Distinguished Research Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) and the Esther Farfel Award from the University of Houston. He has served as president of the ASEH, the National Council on Public History, the Public Works Historical Society, and the Urban History Association. Melosi has written or edited nineteen books, including the award-winning The Sanitary City, and most recently, Atomic Age America.

Martin V. Melosi

Joel A. TarrCarnegie Mellon University

Joel A. Tarr is Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal from the Society for the History of Technology and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History. He is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of several books, including Technology and the Rise of the Networked City in Europe and America, which won the Abel Wolman Prize, and Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region. He has served as president of the Public Works Historical Society and the Urban History Association. He has also served on National Research Council committees dealing with issues of urban infrastructure, public transit, water pollution, and the human dimensions of global change.

Joel A. Tarr