Tag: Verde

Free Download Carlos Nunes Silva, "Local Governance in Cape Verde: 1970 – 2020 "
English | ISBN: 3031058461 | 2022 | 417 pages | PDF | 25 MB
The book provides a pioneering overview of the evolution of the local government and urban policy in Cape Verde after independence, offering a multi-scale perspective of local governance in Cape Verde from 1970 – 2020. It examines the process of urban development in the country, and in the capital city in particular, and explores the consequences and challenges for spatial planning, housing, urban heritage, and the environment, namely issues related to climate change in the post-independence period.

Free Download Cape Verde: Crioulo Colony To Independent Nation By Richard A. Lobban Jr.
2018 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0813335620 | PDF | 6 MB
Richard Lobban sketches Cape Verde’s complex history over five centuries, from its role in the slave trade through its years under Portuguese colonial administration and its protracted armed struggle on the Guinea coast for national independence, there and in Cape Verde.

Free Download Palo Verde Historical Museum And Society, "Blythe and the Palo Verde Valley"
English | 2005 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738530727, 1531616828 | EPUB | 45,9 mb
Located midway between Los Angeles and Phoenix, the Palo Verde Valley enjoys year-round sunshine and mild winter temperatures. In the late 1800s, surveyor O. P. Callaway recognized the valley’s potential for flood irrigation from the Colorado River. He enlisted Thomas Blythe of San Francisco to finance the irrigation project. During the early 1900s, as more people settled in the valley, farming became the major industry as the extremes of a great river and a great desert merged into a flourishing greater produce garden. The Palo Verde Valley and its main settlement, Blythe (incorporated in 1916), grew into a thriving cohesive community loved by its year-round inhabitants as well as the "snowbirds" and river folks who come and go. The valley has over 40,000 acres of prime farmland and produces cotton, alfalfa, melons, lettuce, broccoli, onions, and many other fruits and vegetables. The Colorado River provides numerous opportunities for boating, skiing, and fishing.