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Author Buzbee, William W., 1960- author.

Title Fighting Westway : environmental law, citizen activism, and the regulatory war that transformed New York City / William W. Buzbee.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Westway plan -- Highways, subways, and the seeds of dissent -- The art of regulatory war -- The road warriors and the new environment -- Searching for Westway's Achilles heel : air pollution? -- Westway's fill and America's protected waters -- The public fish story -- Enter the independent federal judiciary and the power of law -- Reexamining the 1971-1982 debacles -- Westway's second chance -- The trial crucible -- The cross examination -- Judgment days -- Assessing Westway's outcome -- Epilogue : if Westway were proposed today?.
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Subject Express highways -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Express highways -- Law and legislation.
New York (State) -- New York.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Westway (New York, N.Y.)
Express highways -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Express highways -- Environmental aspects.
Express highways.
Green movement -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Green movement.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
National Book Committee.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1951-
Since 1900
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Buzbee, William W., 1960- author. Fighting Westway 9780801451904 (DLC) 2013037423 (OCoLC)858778301
ISBN 9780801470301 (electronic book)
0801470307 (electronic book)
9780801451904
0801451906
9780801479441
0801479444