The Bronx River restoration: participative processes and bottom-up policies - Riqualificazione del Bronx River: processi partecipativi e politiche bottom-up

European environmental policies so far achieved important results. In the United States the approach is less prescriptive; nevertheless thanks to many bottom-up initiatives were developed by local communities, with the support of public bodies, important results were obtained, as in the case of the Bronx River. The Chapter presents participative processes and bottom-up policies for the restoration of the Bronx River