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American Revolution
Atlantic City
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Atlantic County
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Barrier Beaches
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colonial culture
Delaware Bay
Delaware River
Delaware Water Gap
environmental deterioration control
environmental management
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ethnic diversity studies
Gloucester Counties
Jersey Farmers
Jersey Shore
Keith Line
land use planning
metropolitan influence
Morris Canal
New Jersey's cultural diversity
Newark Bay
Ocean County
Old Fields
Outer Coastal Plain
Perth Amboy
Plaster Of Paris
population density analysis
Raritan Bay
Raritan Canal
Sierra Nevadas
Ski Areas
suburban sprawl case study
Superb
Terminal Moraine
urban geography
York Metro
Product details
- ISBN 9780367019570
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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New Jersey. The name evokes many images, most of which are narrow stereotypes that fall short of reality. For example, though New Jersey's salient cultural characteristic is its high population density–the highest in the United States and higher than that of Britain–there is a surprising amount of open space in the state. Areas of the pinelands remain virtually unexplored, vast bogs are nearly impenetrable, and lush forests on the Appalachian ridges and holly-decked beaches on the ocean invite the city-weary urbanite. This geographic study of New Jersey, a multidimensional portrait of the state, incorporates three major themes: (1) the state's cultural diversity, an amalgam dating from colonial days, of many varied ethnic, national, and racial groups; (2) its bipolar orientation to two neighboring giant metropolitan areas, New York and Philadelphia, again a factor that dates to the time of the Revolution; and (3) an economy heavily influenced by the state's accessibility to major metropolitan centers and its well-developed corridor functions. Dr. Stansfield depicts New Jersey as a state others should watch: How it controls suburban sprawl, environmental deterioration, and the internal competition among agricultural, suburban, industrial, and recreational uses of land and water resources offers a model for the rest of the United States. Newark's Mayor Gibson observed of his city, "I don't know where America's cities are going, but I think Newark will get there first." It also might be fairly concluded, writes Dr. Stansfield, that wherever the United States is heading, New Jersey could get there first.
