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New Jersey's environments [electronic resource] : past, present, and future / edited by Neil M. Maher.

Contributor(s): Maher, Neil M, 1964- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006Description: vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Environmental policy -- New Jersey | New Jersey -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 333.72/09749 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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 ... [et al.] -- A century of natural disasters in a state of changing vulnerability : New Jersey, 1900-1999 / James K. Mitchell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ... [et al.] -- A century of natural disasters in a state of changing vulnerability : New Jersey, 1900-1999 / James K. Mitchell.

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