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Autore |
Greenberg Michael R |
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Titolo |
The environmental impact statement after two generations [[electronic resource] ] : managing environmental power / / Michael R. Greenberg |
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Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-69351-2 |
1-136-63627-7 |
0-203-80383-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Natural and built environment series |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental impact statements - Law and legislation - United States |
Environmental impact statements - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Environmental Impact Statement after Two Generations Managing environmental power; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A statement of values and forty years of field trials; 2 Metropolitan new jersey: transportation, sprawl and urban revitalization; 3 Ellis island New York Harbor: time closes in on a national cultural treasure; 4 Sparrows point, maryland:proposed liquefied natural gas facilities; 5 Johnston Island: destruction of the US chemical weapons stockpile |
6 Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Facility: managing the legacy of the military's nuclear factory7 Animas-La plata, four corners: water rights and the ute legacy; 8 NEPA and the challenges of the early twenty-first century; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is about a subject that Michael Greenberg has worked on and lived with for almost forty years. He was brought up in the south Bronx at a time when his neighborhood suffered from terrible air and noise pollution, and domestic waste went untreated into the Hudson River. For him, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was a blessing. It included an ethical position about the environment, and the law required some level of accountability in the form of an environmental |
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