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Thinking ecologically : the next generation of environmental policy

Chertow, Marian R., (editor.). Esty, Daniel C., (editor.).

Summary: "Twenty-five years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, and environmental laws focused on the obvious enemy: large American factories with belching smokestacks and pipes gushing wastes. Federal legislation has succeeded in providing cleaner air and water, but we now confront a different set of environmental problems--less visible and more subtle. This important book offers thought-provoking ideas on how America can respond to changing public health and ecological risks and create sound environmental policy for the future. The innovative thinkers of the Next Generation Project of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy--experts from business, government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia--propose reforms that balance environmental efforts with other public needs and issues. They call for new foundations for environmental law and policy, adoption of a more diverse set of policy tools and strategies (economic incentives, ecolabels), and new connections between critical sectors (agriculture, energy, transportation, service providers) and environmental policy. Future progress must involve not only officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental protection departments, say the authors, but also decision-makers as diverse as mayors, farmers, energy company executives, and delivery route planners. To be effective, next-generation policy-making will view environmental challenges comprehensively, connect academic theory with practical policy, and bridge the gaps that have caused recent policy debates to break down in rancor. This book begins the process of accomplishing these challenging goals"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780300073010
ISBN: 0300073011
ISBN: 9780300073034
ISBN: 0300073038
ISBN: 9780300073010
ISBN: 0300073011
ISBN: 0300147031
ISBN: 9780300147032
ISBN: 0585347980
ISBN: 9780585347981
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]
Copyright: ©1997

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Industrial ecology : overcoming policy fragmentation / Charles W. Powers and Marian R. Chertow -- Ecosystem management and economic development / John Gordon and Jane Coppock -- Property rights and responsibilities / Carol M. Rose -- Land use : the forgotten agenda / John Turner and Jason Rylander -- Sorting out a service-based economy / Bruce Guile and Jared Cohon -- Globalization, trade, and interdependence / Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Steve Charnovitz -- Market-based environmental policies / Robert Stavins and Bradley Whitehead -- Privately financed sustainable development / Stephan Schmidheiny and Bradford Gentry -- Technology innovation and environmental progress / John T. Preston -- Data, risk, and science : foundations for analysis / James K. Hammitt -- Toward ecological law and policy / E. Donald Elliott -- Coexisting with the car / Emil Frankel -- Environmental protection from farm to market / C. Ford Runge -- Energy prices and environmental costs / Todd Strauss and John A. Urquhart -- A vision for the future / Daniel C. Esty and Marian R. Chertow.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.