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| Varying Form of Title: | Environmental history of the United Kingdom defence estate, 1945 to the present
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| ISBN: | 9781441113573
1441113576
128057755X
9781280577550
9781441120250
1441120254
9781474211222
1474211224
1441192425
9781441192424
1472533739
9781472533739
9781441192424
9781472533739
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | This book explores the environmental history of the British military through a comparative framework of five key sites in England and Wales. The military presence at these places, it is claimed, has protected them from more damaging land uses such as intensive agriculture, urban sprawl and industrial development. The book examines such claims and explores how and why the military has embraced nature conservation policies. The greening of the MOD and khaki conservation are critically examined in an historical context. The emergence of the training landscapes as protected spaces is contrasted wi.
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| Other form: | Print version: Dudley, Marianna. Environmental History of the UK Defence Estate, 1945 to the Present. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441192424
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