Suburban sprawl pulled established conservation groups toward urban environmental concerns

Evidence

In addition to heightening concern about water pollution and population growth, the open-space issue led a number of conservationists to reconsider their mission. The professionals in conservation agencies had always focused on the fate of forests and farms, and the amateur activists in the old-line conservation organizations traditionally were most concerned about the preservation of wilderness. By the late 1950s, however, the explosive spread of the suburbs had begun to draw attention to the conservation problems of the metropolis. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 553

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar open-space loss converted conservation into a suburban problem and generated new causes — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 546; Postwar suburban sprawl provoked organized protest against its environmental costs — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 0; Environmental history scholarship overlooked the suburban origins of environmentalism — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 13 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Suburban development relocated environmental threats from distant wilderness to the suburban home itself #expands (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 570
• Suburban open-space campaigns shaped environmentalist rhetoric and organizing #corroborates (0.80) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 541
• Wildlife conservation had to reorient toward cities because future voters knew only urban environments #expands (0.75) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 846