America the possible [[electronic resource] ] : manifesto for a new economy / / James Gustave Speth |
Autore | Speth James Gustave |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Progressivism (United States politics) Social justice - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-60437-X
9786613916822 0-300-18468-9 |
Classificazione | POL024000POL044000BUS022000BUS072000BUS099000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Manifesto -- 2. Society At The Breaking Point -- 3. The Weight Of The World -- 4. Running Out Of Planet -- 5. America The Possible -- 6. A Sustaining Post-Growth Economy -- 7. System Changes -- 8. Realizing Democracy -- 9. The Movement -- Notes -- Index |
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America the possible [[electronic resource] ] : manifesto for a new economy / / James Gustave Speth |
Autore | Speth James Gustave |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Progressivism (United States politics) Social justice - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-60437-X
9786613916822 0-300-18468-9 |
Classificazione | POL024000POL044000BUS022000BUS072000BUS099000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Manifesto -- 2. Society At The Breaking Point -- 3. The Weight Of The World -- 4. Running Out Of Planet -- 5. America The Possible -- 6. A Sustaining Post-Growth Economy -- 7. System Changes -- 8. Realizing Democracy -- 9. The Movement -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821721003321 |
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The American environment revisited : environmental historical geographies of the United States / / edited by Geoffrey L. Buckley, Yolonda Youngs |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.700973 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States |
ISBN | 1-4422-6997-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The American Environment Revisited -- Part I. NATURE GONE WILD -- Chapter One. Toward a Historical Geography of Human-Invasive Species Relations: How Kudzu Came to Belong in the American South -- Chapter Two. Unruly Domestic Environments: Do-It-Yourself Pesticides, Gender, and Regulation in Post-World War II Homes -- Chapter Three. From Noble Stag to Suburban Vermin: The Return of Deer to the Northeast United States -- Part II. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Chapter Four. Wild, Unpredictable, and Dangerous: A Historical Geography of Hazards and Risks in US National Parks -- Chapter Five. Migration and Social Justice in Wilderness Creation -- Chapter Six. Racialized Assemblages and State Park Design in the Jim Crow South -- Chapter Seven. Shredding Mountain Lines: GoPro, Mobility, and the Spatial Politics of Outdoor Sports -- Part III. LIVING IN THE CITY -- Chapter Eight. Frederick Law Olmsted's Abandoned San Francisco Park Plan -- Chapter Nine. Inventing Phoenix: Land Use, Politics, and Environmental Justice -- Chapter Ten. Fresh Kills Landfill: Landscape to Wastescape to Ecoscape -- Part IV. TRANSFORMING THE ENVIRONMENT -- Chapter Eleven. Progressive Legacy: Fred Besley and the Rise of Professional Forestry in Maryland -- Chapter Twelve. Gold vs. Grain: Oblique Ecologies of Hydraulic Mining in California -- Chapter Thirteen. Bridging the Florida Keys: Engineering an Environmental Transformation, 1904-1912 -- Chapter Fourteen. Florida's Springs: Growth, Tourism, and Politics -- Part V. EYE ON NATURE -- Chapter Fifteen. Reconsidering the Sublime: Images and Imaginative Geographies in American Environmental History -- Chapter Sixteen. American Environmental Photography -- Chapter Seventeen. Environments of the Imagination -- Afterword -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796988803321 |
Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] | ||
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The American environment revisited : environmental historical geographies of the United States / / edited by Geoffrey L. Buckley, Yolonda Youngs |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.700973 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental policy - United States |
ISBN | 1-4422-6997-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The American Environment Revisited -- Part I. NATURE GONE WILD -- Chapter One. Toward a Historical Geography of Human-Invasive Species Relations: How Kudzu Came to Belong in the American South -- Chapter Two. Unruly Domestic Environments: Do-It-Yourself Pesticides, Gender, and Regulation in Post-World War II Homes -- Chapter Three. From Noble Stag to Suburban Vermin: The Return of Deer to the Northeast United States -- Part II. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Chapter Four. Wild, Unpredictable, and Dangerous: A Historical Geography of Hazards and Risks in US National Parks -- Chapter Five. Migration and Social Justice in Wilderness Creation -- Chapter Six. Racialized Assemblages and State Park Design in the Jim Crow South -- Chapter Seven. Shredding Mountain Lines: GoPro, Mobility, and the Spatial Politics of Outdoor Sports -- Part III. LIVING IN THE CITY -- Chapter Eight. Frederick Law Olmsted's Abandoned San Francisco Park Plan -- Chapter Nine. Inventing Phoenix: Land Use, Politics, and Environmental Justice -- Chapter Ten. Fresh Kills Landfill: Landscape to Wastescape to Ecoscape -- Part IV. TRANSFORMING THE ENVIRONMENT -- Chapter Eleven. Progressive Legacy: Fred Besley and the Rise of Professional Forestry in Maryland -- Chapter Twelve. Gold vs. Grain: Oblique Ecologies of Hydraulic Mining in California -- Chapter Thirteen. Bridging the Florida Keys: Engineering an Environmental Transformation, 1904-1912 -- Chapter Fourteen. Florida's Springs: Growth, Tourism, and Politics -- Part V. EYE ON NATURE -- Chapter Fifteen. Reconsidering the Sublime: Images and Imaginative Geographies in American Environmental History -- Chapter Sixteen. American Environmental Photography -- Chapter Seventeen. Environments of the Imagination -- Afterword -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828159903321 |
Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] | ||
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American politics and the environment / / Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman, and Jonathan P. West |
Autore | Daynes Byron W. |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.7/0560973 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Environmental sciences - Political aspects - United States |
ISBN | 1-4384-5934-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill -- Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. Limbaugh, real! -- The global environment -- Case study : biodiversity and endangered species -- Guest essay / Christina Slentz -- American politics and the environment : conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552751903321 |
Daynes Byron W.
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Annual report on performance and accountability |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management |
Descrizione fisica | 2 volumes : digital, PDF files |
Disciplina | 333 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Land use - United States Conservation of natural resources - United States Conservation of natural resources Environmental policy Land use |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 2372-9686 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145140703321 |
[Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management | ||
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Annual report on performance and accountability |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management |
Descrizione fisica | 2 volumes : digital, PDF files |
Disciplina | 333 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Land use - United States Conservation of natural resources - United States Conservation of natural resources Environmental policy Land use |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 2372-9686 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693778603321 |
[Washington, D.C.], : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management | ||
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Annual report to Congress : from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA, : SERDP |
Disciplina | 363.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Environmental policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1932-3719 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910147282003321 |
Arlington, VA, : SERDP | ||
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Approaching midnight [[electronic resource] ] : oversight of the Bush administration's last minute rulemakings : hearing before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, December 11, 2008 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 131 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Carbon dioxide - Environmental aspects - United States Carbon dioxide - Government policy - United States Administrative law - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Approaching midnight |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703040903321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010 | ||
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An assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program [[electronic resource] /] / Scott Hassell ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.7/05610973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HassellScott <1974-> |
Collana | Report |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Industrial policy - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-94046-5
9786612940460 0-8330-5071-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Purpose; Context for Assessing Performance Track; Solicitation, Study Questions, and Scope; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Voluntary Environmental Programs; U.S. Environmental Policy and the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Academic Views on the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Early Experiences with Voluntary Programs; Chapter Three - An Overview of Performance Track; The Creation of Performance Track
Aiming for Excellence Recommended Creating a Performance TrackInitial Announcement of Concepts for a Performance Track System; EPA Announces Performance Track's Achievement Track but Defers Development of the Stewardship Track; Program Philosophy; Major Program Features; Admission Criteria; Member Benefits; Environmental Improvement; Major Program Activities; Recruiting; Marketing; Knowledge Sharing; Application Processing; Site Visits; Review and Processing of Annual Performance Reports; Membership Trends; Member Improvements; Program Resources The Stewardship Track Evolved into the Corporate Leader DesignationProgram Termination; Chapter Four - Methodology; Literature Review of Voluntary Programs; The Challenge of Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs; Research on the Effectiveness of Voluntary Programs Remains Inconclusive; Previous Evaluations of Performance Track; Performance Track Interviews and Information Collection; Development of the Logic Model and Identification of Core Program Elements; Stakeholder Interviews; Pilot Interviews; Individual Interviews; Focus Groups; Interviewee Confidentiality Characteristics of the Interviewed PopulationAnalysis Framework; Chapter Five - Assessment of Performance Track's Concept and Design Phases; An Expanding Academic Literature Explores Why Firms Join Voluntary Programs and Why They Might Improve the Environment; Private-Sector Participation in Voluntary Programs Depends on the Relative Costs and Benefits of Participation; Voluntary Programs Might Be Able to Improve Environmental Quality; Concept Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Member Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Design Phase Recruiting and ScreeningMember Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Chapter Six - Assessment of Performance Track's Implementation Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Performance Track Rejected 16 Percent of Applicants, Removed 10 Percent of Members, and Had 7 Percent of Members Voluntarily Withdraw; Several Stakeholders Believed That Some Members Violated the Compliance Criteria or Were Undeserving of Membership; Some Stakeholders Found Performance Track's Marketing Messages to Be Inconsistent with Its Member Facilities Perceived Inconsistencies Began to Undermine Performance Track and Its Brand |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219979003321 |
Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2010 | ||
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