Description
Book SynopsisUsing a case study approach to uncover the causes and consequences of decisions regarding land use, this book documents the innovations and compromises created in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey. Topics considered range from solid waste and wildlife management to the effects of sprawl on natural disaster preparedness.
Trade ReviewThe Garden State is second to none when it comes to clashes of humanity and nature, and this is a valuable collection of treatises on several of the most notable ones. -- Alexander Lane * Environment Writer for the New Jersey Star-Ledger *
The Garden State is second to none when it comes to clashes of humanity and nature, and this is a valuable collection of treatises on several of the most notable ones. -- Alexander Lane * Environment Writer for the New Jersey Star-Ledger *
Table of ContentsIntroduction : Nature's next exit? or Why New Jersey is as important as Yellowstone National Park / Neil M. Maher
A natural history of the life and death of a great American city : Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1850-2000 / Bryant Simon
Solid waste management in "The garbage state" : New Jersey's transformation from landfilling to incineration / Eileen McGurty
Oysters, public trust, and the law in New Jersey / Bonnie J. McCay
Citizen expertise and citizen action in the creation of the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act / Heather Fenyk and David H. Guston
The free fishing controversy of Sussex County, New Jersey / Robert W. Reynolds
Tracking New Jersey's changing landscape / Richard Lathrop and John Hasse
Evaluating the effects of historical land cover change on summertime weather and climate in New Jersey / Paul S. Wichansky [and others]
A century of natural disasters in a state of changing vulnerability : New Jersey, 1900-1999 / James K. Mitchell
