Bruce Babbitt to discuss new book in lecture
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is pleased to present Bruce Babbitt as he discusses his new book "Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America."
In this new book, the former Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona Babbitt brings fresh thought to questions of how we can build a future we want to live in.
In "Cities in the Wilderness," Bruce Babbitt makes the case for why we need a national vision of land use. We may have a space program, he points out, but here at home we don't have an open-space policy that can balance the needs for human settlement and community with those for preservation of the natural world upon which life depends. Yet such a balance, the author demonstrates, is as remarkably achievable as it is necessary. This is no call for developing a new federal bureaucracy; Babbitt shows instead how much can be — and has been — done by making thoughtful and beneficial use of laws and institutions already in place.
The event will take place Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 5:00pm. The location is in the Speakers Auditorium at the Georgia State University Student Center, 44 Courtland Street. A reception and book signing will follow.
This lecture is open and free to the public.
Please contact Avani Raval for more information.
