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• Title:The environmental policy paradox / Zachary A. Smith.
  
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• Author/Creator:Smith, Zachary A. (Zachary Alden), 1953-
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Pearson, 2013.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: GE180 .S45 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Environmental policy--United States.
  Environmental policy.
  
• Edition:6th ed.
  
• Description:xiv, 351 p. ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780205855889
  0205855881
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Policy-Making Process
  ch. 1 Ecosystem Interdependence
  Steady State
  Common Pool Resources
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 2 Changing Cultural and Social Beliefs: From Conservation to Environmentalism
  Dominant Social Paradigm
  Economics and Growth
  Ecological Economics
  Role of Religion
  Science and Technology: Our Views of Nature
  Toward Better Science Policy
  History of the Environmental Movement
  Dominance
  Early Awakening
  Early Conservationist
  Later Conservationist
  Reawakening
  Complacency
  Little Reagan Revolution
  Post-Reagan Resurgence
  Social Movements
  Interest Groups
  Public Opinion and the Environment
  Demographics
  Elections
  Environmental Discourse
  Survivalism
  Prometheans
  Environmental Skepticism
  Administrative Rationalism
  Democratic Pragmatism
  Economic Rationalism
  Sustainable Development
  Ecological Modernization
  Green Romanticism
  Green Rationalism
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 3 Regulatory Environment
  Regulatory Context
  Science and Risk Analysis
  Unanticipated Consequences
  Cost-Benefit Analysis
  Role of Government
  Approaches to Regulation
  Fundamentals of Environmental Law
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 4 Political and Institutional Setting
  Institutional Setting
  Formal Institutions
  Informal Institutions
  Institutional Biases
  Incrementalism
  Decentralization
  Short-Term Bias
  Ideological Bias
  Private Nature of Public Policy Making
  Crisis and Reforms
  Political Setting
  Pluralism
  Regulators
  Summary
  Notes
  pt. II Environmental Policy
  ch. 5 Air Pollution
  Sources
  Health Effects
  Motor Vehicles
  Air Pollution: Law, Regulations, and Enforcement
  Regulatory Innovations
  Regulatory Issues
  Toxic Air Pollution
  Acid Rain
  Stratospheric Ozone
  Greenhouse Effect (Climate Change)
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 6 Water
  Sources
  Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
  Groundwater Pollution
  Health Effects of Water Pollution
  Water Law and Regulation
  Clean Water Act
  CWA and Nonpoint Pollution Sources
  CWA and the Regulatory Environment
  Safe Drinking Water Act
  Criticisms of Water Pollution Policy
  Paradox in Water Pollution Policy
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 7 Energy
  History of Energy
  Industrial Revolution
  Oil and War
  Role of Personal Consumption
  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Oil Crises
  Development of Nuclear Power
  Development of a National Energy Policy
  Nonrenewable Energy Sources
  Coal
  Oil
  Natural Gas
  Geothermal Energy
  Nuclear Power
  Renewable Energy
  Hydropower
  Solar Power
  Wind Power
  Biomass
  Conservation and Energy Efficiency: Some Suggestions for the Future
  Conservation in Homes and Buildings
  Conservation in Transportation
  Conservation in Industry
  Obstacles to Conservation
  Ecological Conclusion
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 8 Toxic and Hazardous Materials and Waste Management
  Solid Waste
  What Is Solid Waste?
  Scope of the Problem
  Disposal Methods
  Regulations
  Solutions
  Hazardous Wastes
  Nature of the Problem
  Disposal Methods
  Federal Regulations
  Regulatory Problems
  Policy Paradox in Hazardous Waste Management
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 9 Land Management Issues
  Local Land-Use Planning
  Types of Land-Use Planning
  Urban Planning
  Smart Growth
  Soil Erosion
  Farmland Conversion
  Desertification
  Federal Land Management
  Multiple-Use
  Recreation
  Fee Demonstration Project
  Commercial Recreation Permits and Concessions
  Fire Management
  Roadless Areas
  Wilderness
  History
  Proposed Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas
  National Park Service Management
  Endangered Species
  Ecosystem Management
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 10 International Environmental Issues
  Population and Food Production
  Desertification and Food Production
  Global Pollution
  Ozone Layer
  Greenhouse
  Deforestation
  Ocean Pollution
  Less Developed Countries: North vs. South
  International Conflict
  Summary
  Notes
  ch. 11 International Environmental Management
  International Environmentalism
  Alternative Political Systems
  Market-Based Economies
  Collective Ownership Systems
  Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
  China
  International Environmental Management
  Common Pool Resources
  Creation of an IGO
  Economic Globalization and the Second Industrial Revolution
  International Regulatory Efforts
  Controlling Oceanic Pollution
  Atmospheric Conventions
  Hazardous Waste Control at the International Level
  Protection of Endangered and Threatened Species
  Trends in the International Regulatory Process
  Summary
  Notes.