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Flashpoints in environmental policymaking. Controversies in achieving sustainability

Author
Kamieniecki S., Gonzales G., Vos R.
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-061429)
Publisher | Place of publication
State University of New York Press | Albany, NY, USA
ISBN
0-7914-3330-7
Pages
367 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Comprehensive description Sustainable development
Abstract

Contents: 1. Regulation at risk: The controversial politics and science of comparative risk assessment 2. The social and political (re)construction of risk 3. Market incentives in air pollution 4. Employing strategic planning in environmental regualation 5. Two faces of equity in Superfund implementation 6. Environmental (in)equity: Race, class, and the distribution of environmental bads 7. Bringing private management to the public lands: Environmental and economic advantages 8. This land is 'our' land: The case for federal retention of public lands 9. Trade liberalisation and the natural environment: Conflict or opportunity? 10. International trade and sustainable development 11. The limits of environmental security 12. Linking environment, culture, and security Conclusion: Obstacles to achieving sustainability