Buffalo''s Waterfront Renaissance - Citizen Activists, Ngos, and the Canalside Project

Recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo's waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.

About the author

Gene Bunnell is Emeritus Professor of Geography and Urban Planning at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of Built to Last: A Handbook on Recycling Old Buildings and Making Places Special: Stories of Real Places Made Better by Planning.

Product details

• Authors: Gene Bunnell, Bunnell Gene
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781438499093
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9909-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Excelsior Editions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Political activism, Urban & municipal planning, Local History, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), History of the Americas, Environmental policy & protocols, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, Environmental policy and protocols, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States, Political activism / Political engagement