Fairbanks: A Study of Environmental Quality
ABSTRACT. Fairbanks, Alaska is used as a w e study for assessing problems of environmental quality that may intensify or develop in rapidly expanding northern settlements. constraints imposed by site and situation are severe, although they have been partially overcome by highcost technological measu...
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT. Fairbanks, Alaska is used as a w e study for assessing problems of environmental quality that may intensify or develop in rapidly expanding northern settlements. constraints imposed by site and situation are severe, although they have been partially overcome by highcost technological measures. Additionally, flood damage, inadequate community action, and high costs have led to poor housing conditions and a housing shortage. Dispal of solid, liquid and wastes, inadequately controlled in the past, has now become a serious problem. Enforce-ment of new health standards and the development of community-wide planning represent recent measuns to improve environmental quality. Rf?SUM&. A Fairbanks, U M dtude sur la qualift du milieu. Fairbanks, Alaska, sert aux auteurs comme 6tude de cas, pour 6valuer les problhmes de qualité de l'envi-ronnement qui devraient s'intensifia ou se développer dans les communautb urbaines nordiques en expansion rapide. Les contraintes qu'imposent le site et la situation sont s6v&res, bien que des mesures technologiques tr&s milteuses les aient partiellement surmonth. De plus, les inondations, l'action inadhuate des com- |
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