The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations: Managing Environmental Power Contributor(s): Greenberg, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415601738 ISBN-13: 9780415601733 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Social Science | Human Geography |
Dewey: 344.730 |
LCCN: 2011011108 |
Series: Natural and Built Environment |
Physical Information: 246 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 impact statement, or EIS. After forty years of thinking about and working with NEPA and the EIS process, Greenberg decided to conduct his own evaluation from the perspective of a person trained in science who focuses on environmental and environmental health policies. This book of carefully chosen real case studies goes beyond the familiar checklists of what to do, and shows students and practitioners alike what really happens during the creation and implementation of an EIS. |