This book explores the leadership of state and federal
environmental agencies and local environmental groups in restoring
the degraded rivers that flow into North America’s Great Lakes
and other sites in the northeastern industrial corridor of the US.
Robinson examines twenty of the forty-eight sites included in the
Areas of Concern Program of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
between Canada and the US. These twenty include heavily urbanized
locales such as those along the River Rouge and Detroit River, but
also more pristine locales such as the St. Louis River that flows
through Duluth. Additionally, Robinson examines challenging river
restorations within the northeastern industrial corridor which are
led by effective local environmental advocacy organizations: the
Penobscot Nation of Indigenous People, the Mystic River Watershed
Association, and the Housatonic River Valley Association. All of
these river restorations are led and managed by the environmental
experts of (i) state and federal agencies, (ii) academia, and (iii)
environmental NGOs. Local restorations of industrially degraded
water bodies now compose a significant segment of the environmental
movement and, ultimately, Robinson demonstrates that
local environmental advocacy organizations can help
marshal state and local funding for those efforts.
General
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
Environmental Politics and Theory |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Richard M. Robinson
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
323 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-128438-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
3-03-128438-0 |
Barcode: |
9783031284380 |
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