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Politics and the environment : risk and the role of government and industry /
'An evenhanded, realistic and thoughtful approach to identifying environmental problems and management goals'Stephen Zavestoski, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of San Francisco' ... a theoretically advanced yet accessible treatment of environmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Politics and the environment : |b risk and the role of government and industry / |c Michael Howes. |
| 260 | |a London ; |a Sterling, VA : |b Earthscan, |c 2005. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: The state, environmentalists and industry; Why look at environmental risks?; Why look at industry?; Why look at national governments in the USA, UK and Australia?; Three key political players; The environment movement and the state; Business, industry and the state; The structure of this book; Part A What's the problem?; Chapter 1 The nature of risk and uncertainty; What's wrong?; The rise of risk. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The nature of environmental riskEnvironmental incidents; Ongoing problems; The sceptics and their critics; Action and uncertainty; A risk management strategy; Chapter 2 The origins of risk and modern governance; Debating the origins of environmental risk; Modernisation and environmental risk; Looking deeper: The rise of modern governance; The mentality of government; A framework for assessing environmental governance; Part B How has government responded?; Chapter 3 National environment protection institutions; Setting the historical scene; Institutional construction and reconstruction. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Institutional goalsInstitutional structure; Resources and powers; Chapter 4 Restrictions, regulations and economic incentives; Environmental regulation; Banning or restricting processes and products; Specifying technology; Setting emission standards; Setting ambient standards; Creating economic prompts; Chapter 5 Knowledge, environmental assessment and pollution inventories; The importance of information and knowledge; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Online pollution inventories; The Internet, knowledge and environmental governance. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 6 Sustainable development in the UN and AustraliaThe origins of sustainable development policies; Defining sustainable development; From sustainable development to ESD in Australia; ESD working groups; A national strategy for ESD; Chapter 7 Sustainable development in the USA and UK; Sustainable development and the USA; The President's Council on Sustainable Development; The US EPA and sustainable development; The UK and sustainable development; Sustainable development: The UK Strategy 1994; Part C Has it worked?; Chapter 8 Has government intervention worked? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The problem of measuring successMethod 1: Meeting the goals set; Method 2: Tracking changes in selected indicators; Method 3: Enforcement and resistance; Method 4: Redirecting the flow of resources; Chapter 9 Has industry changed the way it operates?; Rejecting environmental risk; Accommodating environmental concern; Environmental industry as an agent of change; From reflexive to ecological modernisation; Is it enough?; Conclusions: Greening democracy?; Does the planet need saving?; What has government done?; Has it worked? "Reasons to be cheerful'; So can government save the planet? | |
| 520 | |a 'An evenhanded, realistic and thoughtful approach to identifying environmental problems and management goals'Stephen Zavestoski, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of San Francisco' ... a theoretically advanced yet accessible treatment of environmental governance, drawing on an impressive range of material to investigate the roles of states and industries in addressing environmental problems. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-209) and index. | ||
| 546 | |a English. | ||
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