Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy by William L. Ascher (

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A comprehensive compilation of definitions, terms and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy. It has a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.

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The Guide to Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically-varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues. The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical essays that emphasise different opinions and controversies. With its succinct explanations of more than a thousand terms, its thoughtful commentaries by international experts, and its helpful cross-referencing, this resource is designed to serve as a roadmap for understanding the issues and debates in the overlapping fields of environment and development.Intended for use by activists, scholars, journalists, officials, policymakers, and interested citizens, The Guide to Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development will be a useful tool for anyone trying to negotiate the many environmental organisations, schools of thought, development programs, international environmental treaties, conventions, and strategies that have proliferated in the past few decades.

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"This useful and unusual resource brings together a large number of interrelating concepts on an important and contentious issue."-Lynton K. Caldwell, author ofInternational Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century

Author Biography

Natalia Mirovitskaya is Visiting Research Fellow of Public Policy at Duke University. She is the author of Biological Resources of the Ocean: International Aspects and numerous other publications on international environmental policy and resource management.William L. Ascher is Vice President, Dean of the Faculty, and Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College in California. His numerous books include Natural Resource Policymaking in Developing Countries, coauthored with Robert Healy and also published by Duke University Press. Mirovitskaya and Ascher are also coauthors of The Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security.

Table of Contents

Introduction xxixContributors xxxiii1. Basic Concepts of Development and Environment 2. Sustainability 3. Main Factors Behind Development and Environmental Change 4. International Political Economy of Environment and Development 5. Decision Making 6. Major Problems of Environmental Degradation and Development References 353Index 371

Review

"This useful and unusual resource brings together a large number of interrelating concepts on an important and contentious issue." - Lynton K. Caldwell, author of International Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century

Review Quote

"This useful reference work provides grounding for two essential tasks: understanding the needs of the present, and engaging with the compromises implicit in any attempt to assure that future generations will be able to meet their own needs."-Kai N. Lee, Williams College

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A compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.

Details ISBN0822327457 Short Title GT SUSTAINABLE DEVEL- PB Pages 424 Language English ISBN-10 0822327457 ISBN-13 9780822327455 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Edited by Natalia Mirovitskaya Publisher Duke University Press Edition 0002nd DOI 10.1604/9780822327455 UK Release Date 2002-03-29 AU Release Date 2002-03-29 NZ Release Date 2002-03-29 US Release Date 2002-03-29 Author Natalia Mirovitskaya Publication Date 2002-03-29 DEWEY 333.7 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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