We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems.
We read of increasing global deforestation and desertification,
loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In
everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban
spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and
values. Yet dominant approaches to policy making seem ill-equipped
to capture the various ways in which the environment matters to us.
Environmental Values introduces readers to these issues by
presenting, and then challenging, two dominant approaches to
environmental decision-making, one from environmental economics,
the other from environmental philosophy. The authors present a
sustained case for questioning the underlying ethical theories of
both of these traditions. They defend a pluralistic alternative
rooted in the rich everyday relations of humans to the environments
they inhabit, providing a path for integrating human needs with
environmental protection through an understanding of the narrative
and history of particular places. The book examines the
implications of this approach for policy issues such as
biodiversity conservation and sustainability.
The book is written in a clear and accessible style for an
interdisciplinary audience. It will be ideal for student use in
environmental courses in geography, economics, philosophy, politics
and sociology. It will also be of wider interest to policy makers
and the concerned general reader.
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