Global Environmental Policy: Concepts, Principles, and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781439847664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 460 str.

Charles H. Eccleston;Federic March;?Abar

Opis

Environmental policy is often practiced reactively with each crisis addressed as an isolated event. Focusing on development of proactive policies, Global Environment Policy: Concepts, Principles, and Practice provides the essential scientific and socioeconomic framework for formulating pragmatic and comprehensive environmental policies. It discusses topics of interest to both an American and international audience. Beginning with basic concepts, it advances into successively more advanced principles, theories, and practices for developing and implementing comprehensive environmental policy solutions; Topics are introduced in a logical, yet connected, user-friendly manner. Using practical case studies and examples, the book illustrates both the power and limitations of theoretical approaches. It defines the scope and nature of the environmental policy problem, outlining its origins and evolution, and introduces the policy frameworks of the United Nations, European Union, and the United States. Each chapter begins with a case study and ends with a problem set; the questions are designed to elicit practical and critical thinking. The book ends with two capstone problems that exemplify nearly every major topic and aspect presented in this book. Upon completion, readers should possess the competency required to examine a real world problem, evaluate it in terms of the concepts, principles, and tools described throughout the book, and develop a practical policy solution for resolving that problem.

Spis treści

POLICY OVERVIEW: History of Environmental Movement. Environmental Policy Concepts. Global Environmental Initiatives and Protocols. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND DECISION-MAKING: Sustainability. International Environmental Impact Assessment Processes. Environmental Decision-Making: Theories and Processes. Environmental Management Systems. ENVIRONMENTAL EHTICS AND ECONOMICS: Environmental Ethics. Environmental Economics. CRITICAL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Water Wars – The Global Water Shortage Crisis. Peak Oil and Peak Resources Crises. Peak Food Crisis. Global Climate Change. Global Population: A Socioeconomic Crisis. The Sixth Extension? Nuclear Energy – Environmental Problem or Solution?

O autorze

Charles H. Eccleston, CEP has over 20 years experience in developing environmental and energy-related policies and analyses. He prepares Environmental Impact Statements to evaluate impacts of projects and policies.