1st Edition
Environment Scotland Prospects for Sustainability
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1999, this volume provides the first thorough analysis of the elements of sustainable public policy in a devolved Scotland. Following the vote for a Scottish Parliament in the 1997 referendum, it explores the immediate and longer-term challenges likely to confront Scotland. The book brings together policy-thinkers and practitioners from academia, business, the voluntary sector and... Read more
Part 1: Introduction 1. Environment Scotland: An Overview, Eleanor McDowell 2. Sustainability and Sustainable Development, David Silberg Part 2: Public and Political Opinion 3. Environmental Beliefs and Behaviour in Scotland, James McCormick 4. The Scottish Greens in a Changing Political Climate, Lynn Bennie Part 3: Policy Debates: From the Grassroots to the Parliament 5. Sustainable Development in Scotland: Responses from the Grassroots, Eleanor McDowell and Douglas Chalmers 6. Creating the Framework for Sustainable Local Transport Strategies for Scotland, David Begg 7. Planning and the Parliament: Challenges and Opportunities, Sarah Boyack 8. Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Land Use, Andrew Raven 9. Land Reform, Hugh Raven 10. Sustainable Scotland: The Energy Dimension, Tony Gloyne and Alan Hutton 11. Environmental Management: A Business Perspective, Alistair Dalziel 12. Business Strategy and the Environment: Implementing European Environmental Management Systems, Peter A. Strachan Part 4: Scotland, Europe and Beyond 13. Sustainable Development in a Small Country: The Global and European Agenda, Kevin Dunion.
Biography
Eleanor McDowell, James McCormick
’...an excellent resource for all those with teaching, research or other professional interests in environmental policy.’ Scottish Geographical Journal ’It asks honestly what changes will be required to move beyond the rhetoric of sustainable development. Surely we have not all only been paying mere lip service to this concept up till now!’ Journal of Environmental Planning and Management ’This book was published with a clear political purpose...It amptly [sic] succeeds in this task; but the book is even more interesting to read now after the election has passed...To have sketched out some of the things that the Scottish Pariament [sic] could do is the true value of Environment Scotland...this book should therefore be compulsary [sic] reading - not just for MSPs.’ Scottish Affairs
