Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration

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Dennis Soden, Brent R. Steel
CRC Press, 1999 M07 16 - 840 pages
Presenting case studies involving Rwanda, Nepal, Australia, Japan, and Mexico, including "real-time" policy and administrative questions, this versatile reference/text provides a wide perspective on national and international environmental problems and policies, featuring discussions with a regional emphasis as well as global significance. Pooling the work of over 60 international contributors in disciplines ranging from anthropology to political science, the Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration illustrates how environmental concerns are incorporated into administrative functions and policy processes.

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Contents

The Governance Approach
29
A Brief History Trends
49
Regulations Versus Markets
81
Contingent Valuation Method
97
Financing National Park Service Activities Through Entrance Fees
111
The Effects of Alternative Methods
155
Use of the LegalInstitutional Analysis Model
175
Risk as Language and Solidarity
195
The European Union and Environmental Policy
475
The Case
495
Environmental Policy and Administration in Australia
513
From Domestic Pollution
529
Domestic Constraints
549
The Fight for Open Space in Israel
559
The U S Canadian
579
The Fairness Paradox Ludwigs Ratchet and the Problem of Fisheries
597

Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Policymaking
213
An Exploration of Theories in Environmental Ethics
243
Environmental Policy and Administration in the Developing
261
Case Study
281
Ecotourism Environmental Policy and Development
315
Political Elite Commitment to the Environment in Nepal
347
Bureaucratic Politics in Korean Environmental Policy
363
The Environment and the Peoples Republic of China
381
A Needs Assessment
425
Environmental Policy and Administration in Advanced
453
International Policy and Administration
609
The Global Environmental
631
UNCLOS III and Global Environmental Governance
659
From Concept to Action
691
U S NGOs
715
Environmental Issues Along the TexasMexico Border
737
Envisioning Needed Institutional Reforms
759
Legal Issues and Management Strategies
779
Index
803
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