The Hudson River Basin
Environmental Problems and Institutional Response
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The Hudson River Basin: Environmental Problems and Institutional Response, Volume 2 covers a wide array of serious and complex environmental problems, reflecting the poor state of the environment itself. Most of the environmental problems in the Hudson Basin today are the result, direct or indirect, of the tremendous population and economic growth in the 25 years following World War II. This volume contains five chapters that discuss the results of the Hudson Basin Project's task groups, which presents numerous case studies of environmental controversies or "problem situations" in the Hudson Basin. The first chapters deal with the interdependence of policy areas and the applicable technology for water and air resources in the Basin. The next chapter describes the aquatic and the terrestrial communities in the Hudson Basin. The last chapters are concerned with the human health, leisure time, and recreation within the area. This book will prove useful to environmentalists and researchers.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Contents of Volume
Chapter 7 Water Resources
7.1 The Current Picture
7.2 The Interdependence of Policy Areas
7.3 Applicable Technology for Water Resources
7.4 Issues Affecting Water Resources Management
7.5 Selected Examples of Significant Issues
7.6 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 8 Air Resources
8.1 Air Quality
8.2 Issues and Illustrative Situations
8.3 Priority Policy Interdependencies
8.4 Strategies for Utilizing Knowledge and Establishing Research Priorities
Chapter 9 Biological Communities
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Ecosystem
9.3 Man's Use and Impact
9.4 The Biota and Man's Survival
9.5 Interactions, Management, and Environment
Chapter 10 Human Health
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Land Use/Human Settlement
10.3 Land Use/Natural Resource Management
10.4 Water Resources
10.5 Energy Systems
10.6 Air Resources
10.7 Transportation
10.8 Leisure Time and Recreation
10.9 Environmental Service Systems
10.10 Biological Communities
10.11 "The Health Question"
Chapter 11 Leisure time and Recreation
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Examples of Issues
11.3 The Administrative and Institutional Character of Recreation and Leisure
Appendix A Project History and Process
Appendix B Hudson Basin Project Participants
Appendix C Research Needs
Appendix D United States Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) With Populations Over One Million in 1970
Appendix E Population and Employment Data, Hudson Basin Subregions
Appendix F Extract from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Metropolitan Development Guide
Appendix G Response of Suburban Action Institute
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 420
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1979
- Published: January 1, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483266916