Overview
This two-volume work examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas, interests, and institutions affect management practice; how management capabilities in other areas affect the ability to deal with specific environmental issues; and how learning affects society's approach to the global environment. The book focuses on efforts to deal with climate change, ozo ne depletion, and acid rain from 1957 (The International Geophysical Year) until 1992 (the UN Conference on Environment and Development). The settings include Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and international environmental organizations. Topics include problem framing, agenda setting, issue attention, risk assessment, monitoring, option assessment, goal and strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Volume 1 provides an overview of the project, of global environmental management in general, and of the three central environmental issues studied; it also contains the individual country studies. Volume 2 contains the management function studies and the book's conclusion.
Full Product Details
Author: Social Learning Group ,
Bert Bolin ,
Nancy M. Dickson ,
Professor Jill Jager
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
Imprint: MIT Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.953kg
ISBN: 9780262692380
ISBN 10: 0262692384
Pages: 402
Publication Date: 27 July 2001
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
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Reviews
...important works of scholarship [that] will prove to be very valuable additions to our body of environmental management knowledge. -Robert John Klancko, Environmental Practice
...important works of scholarship [that] will prove to be very valuable additions to our body of environmental management knowledge. Robert John Klancko Environmental Practice ...very valuable additions to our body of environmental management knowledge. Robert John Klancko Environmental Practice
This two-volume set identifies, explores, and maps an exciting new frontier in the social science of global environmental politics. -- Renald B. Mitchell, Global Environmental Politics
Author Information
The Social Learning Group comprises thirty-seven scholars from ten nations. This book was edited by William C. Clark and Nancy Dickson, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Jill Jager, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, Germany; and Josee van Eijndhoven, Rathenau Institute for Technology Assessment and Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
