'Welcome to the Atomic Park': American nuclear landscapes and the 'unnaturally natural'

Environment and History

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-472

  Wills, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American West; Landscape; Nuclear age; Parks

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED LAND; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035712277     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734001129342559     Document Type: Article

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3. Amchitka, Alaska: Toward the bio-biography of an island
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5. The visual West
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8. Project Ketch: Project plowshare in Pennsylvania
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