International Management of the Environment - Pollution Control in North America

Lombard analyzes the complementary relationship between trade and the environment in the emerging North American environmental management system comprising Canada, the United States, and Mexico. He views the development of closer trade relations among the three NAFTA members as having an overall and long-term beneficial impact on the environment, particularly air quality, in North America.

He presents a revised model of environmental policy implementation which stresses further decentralization of environmental protection enforcement, greater reliance on nongovernmental organizations, including businesses, in environmental policy decisionmaking, and the fostering of regional approaches to resolving environmental problems.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
National Programs
Decentralization: State, Provincial, and Local Government Roles
Public Participation and the Role of Nongovernmental Organizations
Protecting the North American Environment
Environmental Management in the Global Society
Bibliography
Index

About the author

EMMETT N. LOMBARD is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oakland University. His earlier work has appeared in various academic and professional journals, including American Review of Public Administration and Natural Resources Journal.

Product details

• Authors: Emmett N. Lombard, Lombard Emmett
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1999
• EAN: 9780275960049
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96004-9
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, North America, Pollution & threats to the environment, Conservation of the environment, North America (USA and Canada), Pollution and threats to the environment, Current Events and Issues: International