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New Jersey's Environments : Past, Present, and Future /

Americans often think of New Jersey as an environmental nightmare. As seen from its infamous turnpike, which is how many travelers experience the Garden State, it is difficult not to be troubled by the wealth of industrial plants, belching smokestacks, and hills upon hills of landfills. Yet those li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Maher, Neil M., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : 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. 
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