Politics of disaster / Mike Davis.

Program Title:
Politics of disaster / Mike Davis.
PRA Archive #: 
KZ2032
Description: 

Talk by Mike Davis which examines the politics of land development, the abuse of land, and the danger of toxic conditions in East L.A.

Examination of the 1989 Southern Pacific freight toxic disaster in the Cajun Pass, and the political coverup ; The history of zoning in Los Angeles : 1909, 1930, and the present ; The First environmental disaster, 1943 in Long Beach ; Baldwin Hills and architect Robert Alexander ; The Dangers of hillside living ; Dumping in East L.A. ; Birth defects in Montebello ; The Dangers of the Inglewood and Newport faults (70 min.) -- r.2. Question and answer session (20 min.).

Station: 
Date Recorded on: 
Los Angeles, 16 Jan. 1994.
Date Broadcast on: 
-0-
Item duration: 
2 reels (90 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1994.
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