NEW IN PAPERBACKDespite a population of 7 million people, the San Francisco Bay Area is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape. The Country in the City tells the story of how the jigsaw geography of this greenbelt has been set into place. "Walker delivers a deeply loving paean to this place where he grew up and has lived and worked and been a political activist all of his life." -San Francisco ChronicleRichard A. Walker is professor of geography and chair of the California Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley.