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  • Environment Show #305

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1995 November 5
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1.) Drug-resistant infectious diseases often thrive in cities. Gretchen Daily of Stanford University, Mark Lappe (author of ?Breakout?) and Rodney Dietert of Cornell University speak on infectious diseases, environmental degradation, population growth and preventive care.(2) On sustainable cities, Randolph Croxton speak on how automobile suburbs take too much land and resources; James Kunstler (author of ?Geography of Nowhere?), on how these are destructive to social and economic life. Ray Bromley, professor of geography at University at Albany thinks that ?in filling? the city and overcoming racial problems and social tensions are of higher priority in improving urban life.(3) Reg Modlin of Chrysler and Sheila Lynch of Northeast Alternative Vehicle Coalition debate on whether electric vehicle mandates should be continued.(4)Jeff Canada, author and children?s advocate, speaks of living in 108th Street, NY and how people give character to urban centers.
    Subject:
    Urban Life, Electric cars, and Infectious Diseases