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Environmental issues are growing in concern worldwide and college
courses/enrollments continue to flourish. No other book combines
ecology, law, politics and environmental science in a way designed
to inform the reader on how it all fits together. Discussion
questions to the end of each chapter that can be used by
instructors in long answer/essay examinations. Appendices presents
broader theories of the policy process and how bills become laws.
Students have found these to be a useful guide to frame their
thinking about issues discussed during the course. Extensiveness of
the topics covered enables lecturers to familiarize their students
with a large number of topics in a single text. Clear and coherent
framework to show how much environmental policy is an issue of
politics (and competing values and preferences). Strong
organization that fits course structures. Textbook begins with the
policymaking process before covering specific areas of
environmental policy. Up to date and detailed presentation of major
laws and policy changes related to the main topics of environmental
policy that will be of interest to students.
Environmental issues are growing in concern worldwide and college
courses/enrollments continue to flourish. No other book combines
ecology, law, politics and environmental science in a way designed
to inform the reader on how it all fits together. Discussion
questions to the end of each chapter that can be used by
instructors in long answer/essay examinations. Appendices presents
broader theories of the policy process and how bills become laws.
Students have found these to be a useful guide to frame their
thinking about issues discussed during the course. Extensiveness of
the topics covered enables lecturers to familiarize their students
with a large number of topics in a single text. Clear and coherent
framework to show how much environmental policy is an issue of
politics (and competing values and preferences). Strong
organization that fits course structures. Textbook begins with the
policymaking process before covering specific areas of
environmental policy. Up to date and detailed presentation of major
laws and policy changes related to the main topics of environmental
policy that will be of interest to students.
Sustainability is a pressing concern for people and governments
around the world, but it is also an essentially contested concept
that requires an understanding of the stakes, trade-offs, and
complex politics at play. Sustainability: The Basics offers an
accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to the concept, and
discusses key questions such as: What are the core principles of
sustainability? What are the key ethical considerations for
questions of sustainability? How do we measure sustainability? What
are the critical obstacles to achieving global sustainability? What
happens when societies fail to observe principles of
sustainability? Fully updated in its second edition,
Sustainability: The Basics now includes coverage of the Sustainable
Development Goals, a global range of case studies and explores the
complex social dynamics of Earth system changes that affect our
critical life supports. The second edition also proposes a new,
"sustainable humanism" that animates much of our work to make a
better, more humane world. As the world reels from the effects of
the Covid-19 pandemic, this book is an ideal starting point for
anyone who wants to know more about what we need to do to sustain
civilization, humanity, and the world we live in.
Sustainability is a pressing concern for people and governments
around the world, but it is also an essentially contested concept
that requires an understanding of the stakes, trade-offs, and
complex politics at play. Sustainability: The Basics offers an
accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to the concept, and
discusses key questions such as: What are the core principles of
sustainability? What are the key ethical considerations for
questions of sustainability? How do we measure sustainability? What
are the critical obstacles to achieving global sustainability? What
happens when societies fail to observe principles of
sustainability? Fully updated in its second edition,
Sustainability: The Basics now includes coverage of the Sustainable
Development Goals, a global range of case studies and explores the
complex social dynamics of Earth system changes that affect our
critical life supports. The second edition also proposes a new,
"sustainable humanism" that animates much of our work to make a
better, more humane world. As the world reels from the effects of
the Covid-19 pandemic, this book is an ideal starting point for
anyone who wants to know more about what we need to do to sustain
civilization, humanity, and the world we live in.
Jacques offers a unique analysis of the connections between global
marine and atmospheric science to global political phenomena. He
shows how human survival is intricately linked to the
sustainability of the world ocean, a singular connected body of
regional oceans that is by definition a global resource that
touches all other ecosystems. Jacques warns that the world ocean
now offers evidence of several existential crises for global human
populations, including declining global fisheries, coral reef
losses, and climate change, but there has been a lack of global or
regional cooperation in sustaining this complex ecosystem. He
suggests how we can synthesize and coordinate global ecological
information, exploring three regional areas in their local and
global context: the South Pacific, Caribbean basin, and Southeast
Asia. His book will be a valuable resource for researchers and
students in environmental studies, marine sciences, and
globalization studies.
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