Concepts and their role in the evolution of modern environmental
policy, with case studies of eleven influential concepts ranging
from "environment" to "sustainable consumption." Concepts are
thought categories through which we apprehend the world; they
enable, but also constrain, reasoning and debate and serve as
building blocks for more elaborate arguments. This book traces the
links between conceptual innovation in the environmental sphere and
the evolution of environmental policy and discourse. It offers both
a broad framework for examining the emergence, evolution, and
effects of policy concepts and a detailed analysis of eleven
influential environmental concepts. In recent decades, conceptual
evolution has been particularly notable in environmental
governance, as new problems have emerged and as environmental
issues have increasingly intersected with other areas.
"Biodiversity," for example, was unheard of until the late 1980s;
"negative carbon emissions" only came into being over the last few
years. After a review of concepts and their use in environmental
argument, chapters chart the trajectories of a range of
environmental concepts: environment, sustainable development,
biodiversity, environmental assessment, critical loads, adaptive
management, green economy, environmental risk, environmental
security, environmental justice, and sustainable consumption. The
book provides a valuable resource for scholars and policy makers
and also offers a novel introduction to the environmental policy
field through the evolution of its conceptual categories.
Contributors Richard N. L. Andrews, Karin Backstrand, Karen
Baehler, Daniel J. Fiorino, Yrjoe Haila, Michael E. Kraft, Oluf
Langhelle, Judith A. Layzer, James Meadowcroft, Alexis Schulman,
Johannes Stripple, Philip J. Vergragt
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