1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828479603321

Autore

Wertz Wendy Read

Titolo

Lynton Keith Caldwell : an environmental visionary and the national environmental policy act / / Wendy Read Wertz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014

{phono}℗♭2014

ISBN

0-253-01037-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (534 p.)

Disciplina

363.7092

Soggetti

Environmentalists - United States

Environmental policy - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: Choosing an Environmental Path; 1 A Century of History and Heritage: The Roots of an Environmental Focus; 2 Marriage, War, Children, and Career; 3 Choosing a Different Path; 4 A New Focus on Education: Ecology and the Environment Become Political Issues, 1965-1968; 5 "Those Were Exciting Years": Toward a National Policy for the Environment; 6 The National Environmental Policy Act and the Start of the "Environmental Decade"; 7 Early Challenges to NEPA: Trying for National Land-Use Policy; 8 NEPA, a New School, and New Directions

9 Increasing International Focus: The "Visiting Professor" 10 Conservation versus Consumption: A Division in Social Philosophy; 11 The Years of Going Backward; 12 Retirement: A New Focus on Global Environmental Issues; 13 Strengthening NEPA through a Constitutional Amendment; 14 The Grand Old Man of Environmental Policy; 15 The Final Years; EPILOGUE: Leaving a Legacy; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960's introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. For the next three decades, Caldwell played a leading role in establishing ethics-based environmental policy and administration as major areas of inquiry in the United States and around the world. Through his tireless global travels, writing, and lectures, and his work



with the US Senate, the IUCN, UN, and UNESCO, Caldwell became recognized for his contributions to environmental ethics an...

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Record Nr.

UNINA990004099000403321

Autore

Simmel, Georg <1858-1918>

Titolo

I problemi fondamentali della filosofia / Georg Simmel ; traduzione e introduzione di Antonio Banfi ; prefazione di Fulvio Papi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Istituto Librario Internazionale, : SE, c1972, ©2009

Descrizione fisica

XLVI, 178 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Campus ; 17

Testi e documenti ; 191

Disciplina

301.01

101

Locazione

FLFBC

NAP03

BFS

FARBC

Collocazione

301.094 SIMM 07

DAM A05 SIMG 01

P.1 8D SIMM 6 BIS

301.01 SIM 4bis

301.01 SIM 4

FONDO ROSSI 829

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia