Product Description

Discusses the opportunities and constraints that environmental systems place upon human systems and suggests environmental policy is a potential way to modify the operation of human systems so that they function within environmental constraints

Product Details

• Published on: 2003-10-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
'Jane Roberts' book is an interesting and stimulating book that addresses environmental policy from a range of social and physical science levels.' - Dr Mike Christie, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

'The book is a refreshingly different examination of the causes of environmental problems and possible policy solutions. Drawing together concepts and findings from a broad range of disciplines, Roberts shows how human demands for environmental services are central to environmental problems and policy solutions. She offers a policy toolbox for redirecting human behaviour toward a more sustainable world.' - Professor Stephen M. Meyer, MIT

'A book that manages to say something new and interesting about environmental policy dilemmas in so many contexts and in such clear terms deserves to be widely read by a new generation of interdisciplinary environmental policy makers.' - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

From the Back Cover
Environmental Policy clearly explains how the social sciences relate to environmental policy making and how they can be used to achieve policies for a sustainable future. It deals with environmental policy-making at institutional, national and international levels, and emphasises the solutions, as well as the problems.
Within the overall context of sustainable development the book discusses the opportunities and constraints that environmental systems place upon the operation of human systems. It suggests environmental policy is a potential way to modify the operation of human systems so that they function within environmental constraints. Key social scientific concepts (political, social and economic) are used to explain the background for the formulation and implementation of environmental policy.
Environmental problems, the role of humans in creating them, sustainable development and how this concept relates to environmental policy are all introduced. The book then considers environmental policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, within three specific contexts: the firm, the nation state and at the international level. It also reviews the place of economics, science and technology in environmental policy.
Environmental Policy is an accessible text with a multidisciplinary perspective. Detailed case-studies, drawn from a range of international examples, are used throughout to illustrate issues such as global warming, international trade, tourism and the human rights of indigenous peoples. It is well illustrated and includes end of chapter summaries and further reading.