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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460833803321

Autore

Eccleston Charles H.

Titolo

Global environmental policy : concepts, principles, and practice / / by Charles H. Eccleston and Frederic March

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-11186-X

1-4398-9606-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental policy - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Authors; Introduction; section one: Introduction to global environmental concepts and principles; chapter one: Historical context of the environmental movement; chapter two: Concepts and principles underlying environmental policy; chapter three: Sustainability and environmental policy; chapter four: Environmental policy treaties and their implementation; section two: Sustainability, environmental impact assessment, and decision making; chapter five: Environmental impact assessment; chapter six: Environmental decision-making theory and practice

chapter seven: Environmental management systemssection three: Environmental ethics and economics; chapter eight: Environmental ethics; chapter nine: Environmental economics; section four: Critical global environmental issues; chapter ten: Coming water wars; chapter eleven: Peak oil, alternatives, and energy policy: The looming world oil crisis; chapter twelve: Peak food or peak everything: An era of bounty or begging?; chapter thirteen: Global climate change; chapter fourteen: Global population paradox: Population explosion or implosion?; Epilogue: Acting locally: Six degrees of separation

Sommario/riassunto

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 toAmerican and international audiences.