Fighting Westway : environmental law, citizen activism, and the regulatory war that transformed New York City /

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From 1971 to 1985, battles raged over Westway, a multibillion-dollar highway, development, and park project slated for placement in New York City. It would have projected far into the Hudson River, including massive new landfill extending several miles along Manhattan's Lower West Side. The mos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buzbee, William W., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Since 1900
Express highways > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Express highways > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Green movement > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Autoroutes > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Écologisme > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Express highways > Environmental aspects
Express highways > Law and legislation
Green movement
Politics and government
Westway (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1951-
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Westway
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Westway plan
  • Highways, subways, and the seeds of dissent
  • The art of regulatory war
  • The road warriors and the new environment
  • Searching for Westway's Achilles heel : air pollution?
  • Westway's fill and America's protected waters
  • The public fish story
  • Enter the independent federal judiciary and the power of law
  • Reexamining the 1971-1982 debacles
  • Westway's second chance
  • The trial crucible
  • The cross examination
  • Judgment days
  • Assessing Westway's outcome
  • Epilogue : if Westway were proposed today?

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