Why Environmental Policies Fail (Hardcover)

This book is for those who are not just interested in the ways humans have harmfully altered their environment, but instead wish to learn why the many governmental policies in place to curb such behavior have been unsuccessful. Since humans began to exploit natural resources for their own economic ends, we have ignored a central principle: nature and humans are not separate, but are a unified, interconnected system in which neither is superior to the other. Policy must reflect this reality. We failed to follow this principle in exploiting natural capital without expecting to pay any price, and in hurriedly adopting environmental laws and policies that reflected how we wanted nature to work instead of how it does work. This study relies on more accurate models for how nature works and humans behave. These models suggest that environmental laws should be consistent with the laws of nature.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Jan Laitos
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-12101-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-12101-9
Barcode:	9781107121010

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