Environmental Governance

ISBN-13: 9781032369655 / Twarda / 2023 / 288 str.

Craig Thomas

Opis

This book discusses the first principles of governance, and provides a critical overview of the theories and approaches that underpin policy and practice today. It shows how network and market governance shaped current approaches to environmental issues, and introduces approaches such as transition management and adaptive governance.

Recenzje

"Environmental Governance offers an original and important contribution to understanding the current situation of the environment, highlighting that neither technology, nor scientific discovery are sufficient to address contemporary issues. Rather the book offers insights into how humans manage environmental questions today: governance. It explains the growth of governance strategies and arrangements over time and the shift away from largely governmental approaches. The book is a valuable teaching resource, demystifying what seem irrational and obscure processes that often appear insuperable."

Professor Stephanie Pincetl, Director California Center for Sustainable Communities, UCLA, USA

"This text is the perfect guide to the key issues, theories and debates in environmental governance. Comprehensive in scope, sophisticated in analysis and accessible in delivery, it offers a trusted roadmap through which to navigate the ever-growing thicket of this exciting and important field. If a user-friendly manual was indispensable when the book was first published, this expertly updated second edition has become even more necessary given the significant developments of the last decade."　

Dr Mark Usher, Senior lecturer in Environmental Geography and Director MSc Environmental Governance, University of Manchester, UK　

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Governing the Environment

3. Institutions, Rules and Actors

4. Global Governance

5. Networks

6. Markets

7. Transition Management

8. Adaptive Governance

9. Participation and Politics

10. Conclusions

O autorze

James Evans is a Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK. His work investigates how cities learn to become smarter and more sustainable. Over the past twenty years he has worked with over 200 organisations around the world to create more collaborative ways of working towards sustainability. With more than 90 publications including four books, James has been invited to speak on TV and Radio on the topic of sustainable cities. He has led the University’s involvement in major research projects to develop smart and more sustainable cities that have attracted more than £50m of research and innovation funding.

Craig Thomas is a Lecturer in Human Geography at The University of Manchester. His research and teaching focus on environmental governance and sustainability. Working on solutions to the climate crisis, he has examined anti-fracking activism, urban carbon reduction, and making space missions more sustainable. Craig is a scholar activist, working beyond academia to explore ways that the University can make a difference to the social and economic wellbeing of neighbouring communities.