272 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Evidence of climate change, resource shortages and biodiversity loss is growing in significance year by year. This second edition of Environmental Policy explains how policy can respond and bring about greater sustainability in individual lifestyles, corporate strategies, national policies and international relations. The book discusses the interaction between environmental and human systems,... Read more

1. So, What's the Problem?  2. The Roots of Environmental Problems  3. Sustainable Development and the Goals of Environmental Policy  4. Science and Technology: Policies and Paradoxes  5. Corporate Environmental Policy Making  6. Environmental Policy Making in Government  7. International Environmental Policy Making  8. Environmental Economics  9. Conclusion: Making Policy for the Planet

Biography

Jane Roberts is an Associate Member of the Development Policy and Practice Group at the Open University. She is an environmental policy analyst with strong interests in education for sustainable development. Her PhD studied the role of environmental interest groups in UK electricity privatisation. Jane was awarded a Teaching Fellowship by the University of Gloucestershire in 2005 and in 2009 achieved Associate Fellowship of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

"This book (1st ed., 2004), part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment series, reflects the more matter-of-fact and cooperative ways that the EU deals with environmental issues....This well-written book will therefore be valuable to American universities as an introductory resource that can be used alongside American works to provide a more balanced treatment of the subject."—F. T. Manheim, George Mason University, Highly recommended title, CHOICE