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Johnson, Warren Arthur was born on June 12, 1937 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Arthur Alexander and Linnea Maria (Anderson) Johnson.
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Public Parks on Private Land in England and Wales
(Justly famous for its scenic beauty, the English countrys...)
Justly famous for its scenic beauty, the English countryside has not only been successfully preserved in the face of intense population and development pressures, but has also been made accessible to the public for walking, picnicking, and motoring. Yet, unlike most park and recreation areas in the U.S., which have been purchased with government funds, virtually all parkland in England and Wales remains in private hands. This seeming anomaly of public parks on private property is partly the outgrowth of a long tradition of common lands and public rights of way; more specifically, it is the result of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act, which gave the subsequent National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1948. Under these acts, over one-quarter of the total land area of England and Wales has been given special amenity designation and protection to conserve and enhance its environmental values. Public Parks and Public Land is a first-hand account by an American who has looked carefully into the process by which the many demands for the use of land in England have been so favorably mediated. In the first part of this study, the author examines the very interesting history of the British system, noting the influence of geographical factors and of traditional attitudes toward land and its ownership. He traces the development of British planning legislation and describes how it has been used to provide recreation areas without large-scale government expenditures. The second part of his study focuses on the Peak District National Park - by general consensus the most successfully administered of the national parks that are heavily used - as an illuminating case history of how resource decisions are actually made. The third part offers an evaluation of the relevance in the U.S. of English methods of providing park lands and open spaces.
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Muddling Toward Frugality
( Mr. Johnson’s thesis can be summarized without much dif...)
Mr. Johnson’s thesis can be summarized without much difficulty: after generations of extravagant and reckless industrial expansion, we are clearly entering an age of economic scarcity. While human demands continue to rise, natural resources, especially the non-renewable kind, become harder to find and more expensive to extract, process, transport and distribute. This simple brute fact is the basic cause of inflation, despite the inability of most professional economists to see it. (The dismal science” has never been more dismally obtuse than it is today.) The law of diminishing returns is coming into effect. Technological developments can delay the process but not halt or reverse it; nor can we rely on government or big business to save us. Planning for further growth delays the adjustments that must be made, makes a fair sharing of necessary sacrifices more troublesome, and if carried too far will make more severe and painful, because rapid, the inevitable decline of the international economic machine. The best way to deal with the end of affluence is to accept itnot fight itand to begin, here and now, the unavoidable adaptations, on an individual, family, and community basis. Piecemeal, experimental, and muddling.
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Muddling Toward Frugality by Warren Johnson (2010-07-27)
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The future is not what it used to be: Returning to traditional values in an age of scarcity
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Returning to traditional values in the age of scarcity -- "We have an abundance of land and all the renewable resources that go with land; we have the tools and the scientific understanding to use them; we have time to change; and most valuable of all, we have an incredibly rich cultural heritage to draw upon...Our ancestors chartered a new continent. We will be charting a new way of life, one that can be sustained long after the last coal seam has been emptied. Ours is the finer challenge." Fron the Preface.
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Muddling towards Frugality by Warren Johnson (1987-01-01)
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Warren Arthur Johnson
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Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1959; Master of Science in Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 1969.
Career
Civil engineer, National Park Service, various Western United States locations, 1960-1967; professor geography, San Diego State University, since 1969. Lecturer Fullbright Commission, Liberia, West Africa, 1983-1984.
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The future is not what it used to be: Returning to traditional values in an age of scarcity
(Returning to traditional values in the age of scarcity --...)
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Public Parks on Private Land in England and Wales
(Justly famous for its scenic beauty, the English countrys...)
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Muddling Toward Frugality
( Mr. Johnson’s thesis can be summarized without much dif...)
- Public parks on private land in England and Wales
- Muddling Toward Frugality by Warren Johnson (2010-07-27)
- Muddling towards Frugality by Warren Johnson (1987-01-01)
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The future is not what it used to be: Returning to traditional values in an age of scarcity
Membership
Board of directors Campus Young Men’s Christian Association San Diego State University, since 1973. Member Human Economics Center (director 1979-1981), Sierra Club.
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Married Martha Ann Davidson, December 20, 1958 (divorced January 1986). Children: Aaron David, Blake Eliot. Married Elizabeth Moore, December 19, 1986 (divorced July 1993).
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Roman Catholic