Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development

About this book

In Transforming California Stephanie Pincetl argues that the transformation of nature in order to enhance economic development lies at the heart of much of the states recent history. She sees late-twentieth-century California on a path of continued environmental degradation gripped by cynicism about government. Transforming California describes the evolution of the states institutions of government as they apply to land use and development and it shows how land-use decisions affect peoples quality of life and their daily interactions with each other and with their environment. Pincetl offers an alternative vision for the renewal of the democratic spirit and process in California and for a reconciliation with nature.