Author: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Annual Report of the Metropolitan District Commission
Author: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. Board of Retirement
Publisher:
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Remaking Boston
Author: Anthony N. Penna
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822977680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Since its settlement in 1630, Boston, its harbor, and outlying regions have witnessed a monumental transformation at the hands of humans and by nature. Remaking Boston chronicles many of the events that altered the physical landscape of Boston, while also offering multidisciplinary perspectives on the environmental history of one of America's oldest and largest metropolitan areas. Situated on an isthmus, and blessed with a natural deepwater harbor and ocean access, Boston became an important early trade hub with Europe and the world. As its population and economy grew, developers extended the city's shoreline into the surrounding tidal mudflats to create more useable land. Further expansion of the city was achieved through the annexation of surrounding communities, and the burgeoning population and economy spread to outlying areas. The interconnection of city and suburb opened the floodgates to increased commerce, services and workforces, while also leaving a wake of roads, rails, bridges, buildings, deforestation, and pollution. Profiling this ever-changing environment, the contributors tackle a variety of topics, including: the glacial formation of the region; physical characteristics and composition of the land and harbor; dredging, sea walling, flattening, and landfill operations in the reshaping of the Shawmut Peninsula; the longstanding controversy over the link between landfills and shoaling in shipping channels; population movements between the city and suburbs and their environmental implications; interdependence of the city and its suburbs; preservation and reclamation of the Charles River; suburban deforestation and later reforestation as byproducts of changing land use; the planned outlay of parks and parkways; and historic climate changes and the human and biological adaptations to them.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822977680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Since its settlement in 1630, Boston, its harbor, and outlying regions have witnessed a monumental transformation at the hands of humans and by nature. Remaking Boston chronicles many of the events that altered the physical landscape of Boston, while also offering multidisciplinary perspectives on the environmental history of one of America's oldest and largest metropolitan areas. Situated on an isthmus, and blessed with a natural deepwater harbor and ocean access, Boston became an important early trade hub with Europe and the world. As its population and economy grew, developers extended the city's shoreline into the surrounding tidal mudflats to create more useable land. Further expansion of the city was achieved through the annexation of surrounding communities, and the burgeoning population and economy spread to outlying areas. The interconnection of city and suburb opened the floodgates to increased commerce, services and workforces, while also leaving a wake of roads, rails, bridges, buildings, deforestation, and pollution. Profiling this ever-changing environment, the contributors tackle a variety of topics, including: the glacial formation of the region; physical characteristics and composition of the land and harbor; dredging, sea walling, flattening, and landfill operations in the reshaping of the Shawmut Peninsula; the longstanding controversy over the link between landfills and shoaling in shipping channels; population movements between the city and suburbs and their environmental implications; interdependence of the city and its suburbs; preservation and reclamation of the Charles River; suburban deforestation and later reforestation as byproducts of changing land use; the planned outlay of parks and parkways; and historic climate changes and the human and biological adaptations to them.
Journal
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
Book Description
Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division
Publisher:
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Annual report of the Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1913
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Monthly Check-list of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of Documents
Publisher:
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
Book Description
Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
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