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University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Iowa-and the larger Tallgrass Prairie region of which it is a part-are at a crossroads. Both must find more sustainable ways to develop or their environmental, economic, and social climates will continue to degrade. Iowa's economy is based heavily on agriculture, mainly corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, and eggs. Agriculture comprises 25 percent of the state's economy, a percentage that is exceeded in the region only by South Dakota's 31 percent. Unfortunately,...
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Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"An Introduction to Iowa's Environmental Problems is an edited volume with 17 contributors besides Connie Mutel herself-all Iowa authors who are scientific experts in the field. Geared toward course adoption in Iowa and Midwest classrooms, it will fill a need for a comprehensive, but accessible and brief overview of the environmental issues Iowa faces, and what we can do about them. Specifically, the volume breaks down the issues surrounding Iowa's...
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Iowa environmental issues volume IAN-104
Publisher
Conservation Education Center
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Author
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Studies in technology and social change volume no. 15
Publisher
Technology and Social Change Program, Iowa State University, in collaboration with the Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme, Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
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