TY - BOOK ID - 30666151 TI - New Jersey's Environments : Past, Present, and Future PY - 2006 SN - 1282133640 9786613806222 0813539226 9780813539225 9780813537184 0813537185 9780813537191 0813537193 0813537185 9780813537184 PB - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Environmental policy -- New Jersey. KW - Nature -- Environmental conservation and protection. KW - New Jersey -- Environmental conditions. KW - Ecology KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Environmental policy KW - New Jersey KW - Environmental conditions. KW - E-books KW - Province of New Jersey KW - Nova Caesaria KW - State of New Jersey KW - Nīwe Cēsarēa KW - Nueva Jersey KW - Estato de Nueva Jersey KW - Nyu-Cersi KW - Штат Нью-Джэрсі KW - Shtat Nʹi︠u︡-Dz︠h︡ėrsi KW - Нью-Джэрсі KW - Nʹi︠u︡-Dz︠h︡ėrsi KW - Niu Yersey KW - Ню Джърси KW - Ni︠u︡ Dzhŭrsi KW - Nova Jersey KW - Çĕнĕ Джерси KW - Śĕnĕ Dzhersi KW - Nei-Schaersi KW - Niijéízii Hahoodzo KW - New Jersey osariik KW - Νιού Τζέρσεϊ KW - Niou Tzersei KW - Νιού Τζέρσι KW - Niou Tzersi KW - Πολιτεία του Νιού Τζέρσεϊ KW - Politeia tou Niou Tzersei KW - East Jersey KW - West Jersey KW - Nature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30666151 AB - 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 living and working in New Jersey often experience a very different environment. Despite its dense population and urban growth, two-thirds of the state remains covered in farmland and forest, and New Jersey has a larger percentage of land dedicated to state parks and forestland than the average for all states. It is this ecological paradox that makes New Jersey important for understanding the relationship between Americans and their natural world. In New Jersey’s Environments, historians, policy-makers, and earth scientists use a case study approach to uncover the causes and consequences of decisions regarding land use, resources, and conservation. Nine essays consider topics ranging from solid waste and wildlife management to the effects of sprawl on natural disaster preparedness. The state is astonishingly diverse and faces more than the usual competing interests from environmentalists, citizens, and businesses. This book documents the innovations and compromises created on behalf of and in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey, all of which set examples on the local level for nationwide and worldwide efforts that share the goal of protecting the natural world. ER -