This thesis investigates Newark’s proposed Pequannock Watershed development
plan, the lengthy and... more This thesis investigates Newark’s proposed Pequannock Watershed development plan, the lengthy and expensive legal battle between Newark and West Milford, and the strong local community resistance between 1975 and 1985. It seeks to situate the Pequannock Watershed development dispute in the context of racial tension, affordable housing struggles, and the emergence of environmentalism. Newark and West Milford’s conflicts were not misunderstandings or miscommunications - they were irreconcilable ideological disagreements over the influences of race, class and environmental protection on zoning and watershed development. Newark saw watershed development and environmental sensitivity as compatible, and believed that West Milford’s zoning excluded poor and minority residents. West Milford adamantly denied Newark’s claims, viewed watershed development as a fundamental threat to regional environmental quality, and argued that their zoning reflected a desire to preserve the environment and community character. The municipalities’ competing watershed visions highlight the complicated intersections of race, class, land use, and environmental protection in post-civil rights era metropolitan America.
This thesis investigates Newark’s proposed Pequannock Watershed development
plan, the lengthy and... more This thesis investigates Newark’s proposed Pequannock Watershed development plan, the lengthy and expensive legal battle between Newark and West Milford, and the strong local community resistance between 1975 and 1985. It seeks to situate the Pequannock Watershed development dispute in the context of racial tension, affordable housing struggles, and the emergence of environmentalism. Newark and West Milford’s conflicts were not misunderstandings or miscommunications - they were irreconcilable ideological disagreements over the influences of race, class and environmental protection on zoning and watershed development. Newark saw watershed development and environmental sensitivity as compatible, and believed that West Milford’s zoning excluded poor and minority residents. West Milford adamantly denied Newark’s claims, viewed watershed development as a fundamental threat to regional environmental quality, and argued that their zoning reflected a desire to preserve the environment and community character. The municipalities’ competing watershed visions highlight the complicated intersections of race, class, land use, and environmental protection in post-civil rights era metropolitan America.
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plan, the lengthy and expensive legal battle between Newark and West Milford, and the
strong local community resistance between 1975 and 1985. It seeks to situate the
Pequannock Watershed development dispute in the context of racial tension, affordable housing struggles, and the emergence of environmentalism. Newark and West Milford’s conflicts were not misunderstandings or miscommunications - they were irreconcilable ideological disagreements over the influences of race, class and environmental protection on zoning and watershed development. Newark saw watershed development and environmental sensitivity as compatible, and believed that West Milford’s zoning excluded poor and minority residents. West Milford adamantly denied Newark’s claims, viewed watershed development as a fundamental threat to regional environmental quality, and argued that their zoning reflected a desire to preserve the environment and community character. The municipalities’ competing watershed visions highlight the complicated intersections of race, class, land use, and environmental protection in post-civil rights era metropolitan America.
plan, the lengthy and expensive legal battle between Newark and West Milford, and the
strong local community resistance between 1975 and 1985. It seeks to situate the
Pequannock Watershed development dispute in the context of racial tension, affordable housing struggles, and the emergence of environmentalism. Newark and West Milford’s conflicts were not misunderstandings or miscommunications - they were irreconcilable ideological disagreements over the influences of race, class and environmental protection on zoning and watershed development. Newark saw watershed development and environmental sensitivity as compatible, and believed that West Milford’s zoning excluded poor and minority residents. West Milford adamantly denied Newark’s claims, viewed watershed development as a fundamental threat to regional environmental quality, and argued that their zoning reflected a desire to preserve the environment and community character. The municipalities’ competing watershed visions highlight the complicated intersections of race, class, land use, and environmental protection in post-civil rights era metropolitan America.