Environmental history of the UK defence estate, 1945 to the present
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Published
London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012.
ISBN
9781441113573, 1441113576, 128057755X, 9781280577550, 9781441120250, 1441120254
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1 online resource (273 pages)
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Published
London : Continuum International Publishing, 2012.
Format
ONLINE
Language
English
ISBN
9781441113573, 1441113576, 128057755X, 9781280577550, 9781441120250, 1441120254
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
This book explores the environmental history of the British military through a comparative framework of five key sites in England and Wales. The military presence at these places, it is claimed, has protected them from more damaging land uses such as intensive agriculture, urban sprawl and industrial development. The book examines such claims and explores how and why the military has embraced nature conservation policies. The greening of the MOD and khaki conservation are critically examined in an historical context. The emergence of the training landscapes as protected spaces is contrasted wi.
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eBooks on EBSCOhost,EBSCO eBooks for FE/HE Collection (UK)
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