Bergen County, New Jersey county comprehensive plan report recreation and open space plan

This recreation and open space plan for Bergen County has been structured to acknowledge the four basic factors. In designing an open space-recreation plan for a growing metropolitan county like Bergen, a complex web of factors must be taken into consideration as plan imperatives or as influences. The open space plan must respect and reflect the natural environment. Also, the plan must allocate the overall acreage for meeting the County's recreation needs over the next 30 years. Another, and highly important plan element, perhaps even the most important from the public point of view, is the visual aspect or aesthetics of the proposed open space network. Finally, there is need to join and relate the various elements of the plan. Thus, the recreation and open space plan for Bergen County has been structured to acknowledge the four basic factors outlined above