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New Jersey's environments past, present, and future / [electronic resource] : edited by Neil M. Maher. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006. - vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Nature's next exit? or Why New Jersey is as important as Yellowstone National Park / A natural history of the life and death of a great American city : Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1850-2000 / Solid waste management in "The garbage state" : New Jersey's transformation from landfilling to incineration / Oysters, public trust, and the law in New Jersey / Citizen expertise and citizen action in the creation of the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act / The free fishing controversy of Sussex County, New Jersey / Tracking New Jersey's changing landscape / Evaluating the effects of historical land cover change on summertime weather and climate in New Jersey / A century of natural disasters in a state of changing vulnerability : New Jersey, 1900-1999 / Neil M. Maher -- Bryant Simon -- Eileen McGurty -- Bonnie J. McCay -- Heather Fenyk and David H. Guston -- Robert W. Reynolds -- Richard Lathrop and John Hasse -- Paul S. Wichansky ... [et al.] -- James K. Mitchell.


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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA598740 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental policy--New Jersey.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Jersey--Environmental conditions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GE155.N5 / N49 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 333.72/09749