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Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability (Paperback)
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Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy
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It is increasingly apparent that human activities are not suitable
for sustaining a healthy global environment. From energy
development to resource extraction to use of land and water, humans
are having a devastating effect on the earth's ability to sustain
human societies and quality lives. Many approaches to changing the
negative environmental consequences of human activities focus on
one of two options, emphasizing either technological fixes or
individual behavior change to reduce environmental harms through
sustainable consumption habits. This book takes a different
approach, focusing on the role of environmental policy in shaping
the possibilities for and creating hindrances to pursuing more
sustainable use of environmental resources. This unique compilation
examines environmental policy through empirical case studies,
demonstrating through each particular example how environmental
policies are formed, how they operate, what they do in terms of
shaping behaviors and future trajectories, and how they intersect
with other social dynamics such as politics, power, social norms,
and social organization. By providing case studies from both the
United States and Mexico, this book provides a cross-national
perspective on current environmental policies and their role in
creating and limiting sustainable human futures. Organized around
four key parts - Water; Land; Health and Wellbeing; and Resilience
- and with a central theme of environmental justice and equity,
this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of
environmental policy and sustainability.
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