History of metal pollution in southern California coastal zone

The coastal territory is a complex socio-ecological system (SES), which needs to be governed using an integrated approach. Integrated coastal management (ICM) is considered as the main approach in coastal governance, offering a holistic view of the coastal zone by integrating different governance sectors and governance levels, but ICM is not a fixed approach and should be adopted to meet each particular unique national and local situation. Full scale ICM in Latvia is not applied, but the following problems are recognized as most significant in the coastal territory: the lack of qualitative infrastructure and the lack of good governance; the local level coastal SES is studied, monitored and evaluated insufficiently as well as good practice examples are not communicated enough. In the current study, the exploration of the legisla-tive regulations and planning documents was conducted, therefore, the main research methods are docu-ment studies and expert interviews. Both the vertical and horizontal integration were assessed for the coastal governance, as well as overview of ICM developments in the modern history of Latvia. In order to understand the situation of the coastal governance in Latvia, the scheme of coastal dune protection zone was prepared, based on Latvian coastal legislation, however it is often difficult to depict different protec-tion zones in practice in such a dynamic and changing territory as a coastal zone.

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The Los Angeles earthquakes of July, 1920

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America ◽

10.1785/bssa0110010063 ◽

1921 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 63-79

Author(s):

Stephen Taber

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Southern California ◽

History Of ◽

Set Up ◽

The City ◽

Tectonic Movements

Summary More than a hundred earthquakes have been recorded in southern California during the period February-September, 1920. These earthquakes have originated along several different faults in the vicinity of Los Angeles, but all of them are believed to have resulted from the adjustment of stresses set up in the region by the same general tectonic movements. The series of shocks felt in Los Angeles on July 16th originated along faults which cut Miocene and Pliocene rocks in the northern part of the city. The three strongest shocks on July 16th had epicentral intensities of between VI and VII in the Rossi-Forel scale; and they were felt over areas of from 500 to 2500 square miles. The known seismic history of southern California and the magnitude of the post-Pleistocene movements both indicate that the seismicity of the region is relatively high. There are many faults in the vicinity of Los Angeles; some of which are known to be active, while others are suspected of being active. Fortunately those within the city are short, while the longer ones are seven to thirty miles away, and are therefore less dangerous in so far as Los Angeles is concerned.

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Panorams, Motels, and Pirates

Smutty Little Movies ◽

10.1525/california/9780520291706.003.0003 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Alilunas

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Southern California ◽

The United States ◽

Early History ◽

Video Distribution ◽

Video Rental ◽

History Of

Chapter one examines the early history of adult video from a variety of technological, cultural, and industrial perspectives beginning with the Panoram, a device invented in the 1940s and completely unintended for pornography. Following is an analysis of the adult motel landscape of Southern California, an early site of adult video distribution. The chapter concludes with a history of the early pioneers of adult video, including George Atkinson, who created the first video rental store in the United States.

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A Clearer Picture of this Country

Heading Out ◽

10.7591/cornell/9780801454028.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Terence Young

Keyword(s):

Southern California ◽

State Department ◽

The Real ◽

History Of ◽

The Many ◽

The U.S

This chapter analyzes the development and use of camping trailers, particularly the history of Airstream trailers and the company's colourful founder, Wally Byam. Byam initially came to Southern California in the 1920s to make his fortune in Hollywood, but he found success only after he began to sell trailer plans and trailers themselves during the early 1930s. After Byam passed away in 1962, the Wally Byam Foundation worked with the Airstream Company and the U.S. State Department to create several programs that used trailer camping as a means to familiarize foreign diplomats and others with the “real America.” Moreover, the experiences of Carolyn Bennett Patterson and the many participants in the trailer camping adventures organized by the Wally Byam Foundation suggest that trailer camping fits within the arc of camping's development.

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Making Parallel Histories out of Spanish Missions

The Imperial Church ◽

10.7591/cornell/9781501748813.003.0004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 81-106

Author(s):

Katherine D. Moran

Keyword(s):

Native Americans ◽

World War I ◽

Southern California ◽

Territorial Expansion ◽

Founding Fathers ◽

Spanish Missions ◽

The Status ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Violence ◽

Junipero Serra

This chapter explores the mission celebrations that developed in Southern California, among newly arrived Anglo settlers and tourists, and between the 1880s and World War I. It talks about mission writers who celebrated the Spanish Franciscans that were led by Junípero Serra and founded missions in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It also argues that the celebrations in the Midwest elevated Catholic missionaries to the status of regional and national founding fathers in ways that naturalized U.S. territorial expansion. The chapter mentions the Serra celebrations that contended with the recent history of violence in Southern California. It describes the war with Mexico and ongoing violence against Mexicans, as well as the murder and displacement of Native Americans.

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