Environmental Policy and Societal Aims

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-94-010-5928-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 335 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Reihe: Studies in Ecological Economics

Sustainable development and environmental improvement are often regarded as intrinsically valuable . As a result, the policies by which these goals are to be attained is often inadequately scrutinised. In this book, ecological economics addresses the institutional and policymaking aspects of environmental problems, thus covering a broad socioeconomic research agenda, in contradistinction to mainstream economic approaches. The approach advocated here is open to differing viewpoints on the same issue, sees conflict resolution as a social process, and accepts the need for research into political-economic issues, according a prominent position to the aims of society itself. An in-depth analysis of the policy process is followed in order to understand the pitfalls and barriers that will confront society on the road to sustainable development.
The broad approach advocated will appeal to all involved in environmental problems - decision makers, NGO members, and academic scholars.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Requier-Desjardins, D.

Spash, Clive

van der Straaten, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Environmental Policy and Societal Aims.- Industry Preferences for Instruments of Environmental Policy.- A Carbon/Energy Tax for Sustainable Development.- The Use of National Savings in Sustainability Analysis.- Sustainable Development and Ecological Modernisation.- Localized Technical Change and the Efficient Control of Global Warming.- Do Local Authorities Have a Part to Play in a Sustainable Development?.- Sustainability and Civic Participation in Environmental Local Auditing. Contributions from the Experience in Catalonia.- Local Sustainable Development: How Can Equity Issues Be Examined at the Local Level?.- Cultural Empowerment: (Re)Building Locality and Facilitating Collective Vision as Interventions Toward Sustainable Rural Development.- Qualitative Growth - Employment: A Revised Relationship.- From the Expected to the Desired Future of Passenger Transport. A Stakeholder Approach.- Sustainable Development and Social Justice: The Tool of the Reduction in Income Inequalities.