Environmental Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

   Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

   Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Common Pools of Genetic Resources

   Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law

   Edited by Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter

   Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

   The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) strives for the sustainable and equitable utilization of genetic resources, with the ultimate goal of conserving biodiversity. The CBD and the Nagoya Protocol which has since been elaborated suggest a bilateral model for access to genetic resources and...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Towards Disaster Risk Reduction

   A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters

   Edited by Jason K. Levy, Chennat Gopalakrishnan

   This book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the many timely and important issues associated with building a culture of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction. This book not only provides key insights into the field of...

   Published April 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture

   Putting Research into use in Low Income Countries

   By Norman Clark, Andy Frost, Ian Maudlin, Andrew Ward

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. Food Policy in the United States

   An Introduction

   By Parke Wilde

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations

   The Sociology and Technology of Energy

   By Allan Mazur

   Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

   Social, Political and Environmental Issues

   Edited by Richard Hindmarsh

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
8. Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development

   International Perspectives

   By Peter Westoby, Gerard Dowling

   This book proposes that community development has been increasingly influenced and co-opted by a modernist, soulless, rational philosophy - reducing it to a shallow technique for ‘solving community problems’. In contrast, this dialogical approach re-maps the ground of community development practice...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
9. Fraud and Carbon Markets

   The Carbon Connection

   By Marius-Christian Frunza

   Series: Environmental Market Insights

   The VAT Carousel Fraud has seriously undermined the financial integrity of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This timely book is the first to give an overview of fraud in the carbon market. Written by a former broker, it presents unique material on the carbon fraud mechanics and...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
10. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal

    Partnerships in Action

    By Rory Shand

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

    Environmental and sustainability issues are currently stretched by economic concerns and policy areas such as housing and education are therefore needed more than ever to help regenerate the social and urban environment. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal: Partnerships in Action uses detailed case...

    Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge