Introduction -- The climate for business -- A place in the countryside -- A place for nature -- The citizen experts -- Slowing growth to save the suburbs -- The tap water rebellion -- Conclusion
Summary
"A history of the environmental prospects and perils of turning the Santa Clara Valley into Silicon Valley in the late twentieth century. Shows how melding the bucolic naturalism of orchards, pleasant weather, and green spaces with the metropolitan promise of modern industry, government-funded research, and technology drew people to Silicon Valley but also produced faults concerning widespread environmental degradation and increasing social stratification"-- Provided by publisher
