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Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability

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Informationen zum Autor Chelsea Schelly is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and the Environmental and Energy Policy graduate program at Michigan Technological University, USA. Aparajita Banerjee recently completed her PhD in Environmental and Energy Policy from Michigan Technological University, USA. Klappentext This unique compilation examines environmental policy through empirical case studies, demonstrating how environmental policies are formed, how they operate, what they do in terms of shaping behaviours and future trajectories, and how they intersect with other social dynamics such as politics, power, social norms, and social organization. Zusammenfassung This unique compilation examines environmental policy through empirical case studies, demonstrating how environmental policies are formed, how they operate, what they do in terms of shaping behaviours and future trajectories, and how they intersect with other social dynamics such as politics, power, social norms, and social organization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: When One Size Does Not Fit All: Environmental Policy, Social Context, and Social Justice Aparajita Banerjee and Chelsea Schelly PART 1: Water, Water Management, and Adaptation to Changing Water Landscapes Chapter 1: Nutrient Trading Credits: Best Management Practices and Policy Hurdles for Non-Point Source Polluters in the Chesapeake Bay M. Dawn King Chapter 2: Water Management in the Upper Klamath Basin: Collaboration and Polarization Patricia Snyder Chapter 3: Toward a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Community Approach for Regional Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: Lessons Learned from the Hampton Roads Intergovernmental Pilot Project Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Michelle Covi, Carol Considine, Burton St. John III, Meagan M. Jordan, and J. Gail Nicula PART 2: Land Management and Land Use Chapter 4: U.S. Public Lands and a New Administration: New and Old Issues John Freemuth Chapter 5: Perceptions of Contentiousness: How Individual Traits Shape Environmental Policy Conflicts Kristin Olofsson Chapter 6: Solid Waste Governance: Consumption and Culture in the Globalization Era Beatriz Adriana Venegas Sahagun PART 3: Human Health and Well-Being Chapter 7: Where is the Justice? An Examination of the Failure of the US EPA Office of Civil Rights to Ensure Environmental Justice for Poor and Minority Communities Amelie Simons Chapter 8: The Power of the Talking Points: Persuasive Power and the Challenges of Sustainable Natural Resource Development Amanda Kreuze, Roman Sidortsov, and Chelsea Schelly Chapter 9: Social and Political Inequality as Challenges in Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Government-Funded Improved Cookstove Program in Rural Mexico Aparajita Banerjee and Chelsea Schelly PART 4: Resilience Chapter 10: The Role of Voluntary Agreements in a Hybrid Model of Environmental Law Enforcement Joice Chang Chapter 11: Institutional Barriers to Managing Dynamic Landscapes: Lessons Learned in Southwestern Colorado Nina Burkardt and Patricia Orth Chapter 12: The Long Road to Sustainability of Mexican Oil Palm Production Erin C. Pischke Conclusion: Environmental Policy and Pursuit of Just Sustainability Chelsea Schelly and Aparajita Banerjee ...

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