Environmental Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Environmental Finance and Development

   By Sanja Tišma, Ana Maria Boromisa, Ana Pavičić Kaselj

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

   This book focuses on environmental financing in the process of alignment with the EU. Based on comparative analysis of national environmental strategies and financial needs, and their links with strategic development documents in five selected countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia,...

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Nuclear Waste Management in a Globalised World

   Edited by Urban Strandberg, Mats Andrén

   High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a controversial and risky issue. For the next 100 years, the HLW will be subject to policy decisions and value assessments. Physically safe, technologically stable, and socio-economically sustainable HLW-management will top the agenda. That must be accomplished in...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Discourses of Environmental Law and the Conceptualisation of Climate Change

   By Jo-Ann Goodie

   The complex phenomenon known as ‘the natural environment’ is a product of a variety of discourses. This book explores the emergence of different discourses of the environment – scientific, economic, political, aesthetic, moral and legal discourses – analyzing the simultaneous separateness and...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Zeronauts

   Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

   By John Elkington

   A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Global Economics of Forestry

   By William F. Hyde

   This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the...

   Published May 10th 2012 by RFF Press
6. The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

   Edited by William Nuttall, Richard Clarke, Bartek Glowacki

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Ecological Public Health

   Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health

   By Geof Rayner, Tim Lang

   What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles. This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Climate Change Mitigation and Development Cooperation

   Edited by Tomoyo Toyota, Ryo Fujikura

   This is a companion book to Earthscan’s 2010 book Climate Change Adaptation and International Development. This book consists of summarised case studies looking at climate change mitigation specifically in Asia, the region producing the most greenhouse gas emissions. It examines international...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. Sustainable Development and Free Trade

   Institutional Approaches

   By Shawkat Alam

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Examining institutions rather than themes, this critical book provides a comprehensive survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth and the environment and its impact on the global quest for sustainable development. Focusing in particular on the interests and concerns of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
10. Nuclear Waste Management and Legitimacy

    Nihilism and Responsibility

    By Mats Andrén

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

    Nuclear technology places special demands on society and both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for peaceful purposes require a large measure of security and monitoring at the international level. This book focuses on nuclear waste management, which can work in democratic countries only if viewed...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge