The decline of Galveston Bay: A profile of government's failure to control pollution in an endangered American estuary

Date

1972

Authors

The Conservation Foundation

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

The Conservation Foundation

Abstract

Identification of the policies and practices, public and private, that have constituted negligence toward water and related land resources in the ship channel and Galveston Bay area. Houston Ship Channel is probably one of the worst in water pollution in the United States.

Description

127 p.

Keywords

water resources, government policy, land use, natural resources, resource management, pollution control, pollution monitoring, water pollution, environmental protection, environmental monitoring, environmental legislation

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