Environmental Politics and Policy in the West

Klappentext Top scholars explicate the natural resource issues and unique policy history of the American West in this new edition of Environmental Politics and Policy in the West! which was first published in 1993. This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive and current survey. Contributors address the policy process as it affects western states! how bureaucracy and politics shape environmental dialogues in the West! how western states innovate environmental policies independently of Washington! and how and when science is involved (or ignored) in management of the West's federal lands. Experts in individual resource areas explore multifaceted issues such as the politics of dam removal and restoration! wildlife resource concerns! suburban sprawl and smart growth! the management of hard-rock mining! and the allocation of the West's tightly limited water resources. Zusammenfassung Population growth and industrial development have put the wide-open spaces and natural resources that define the West under immense stress. Vested interests clash and come to terms over embattled resources such as water, minerals, and even open space. This book contains contributions which address the policy process as it affects western states.

Product details

• Authors: John C. Freemuth, Zachary A. Smith, Zachary A. (EDT)/ Freemuth Smith
• Assisted by: John Freemuth (Editor), John C. Freemuth (Editor), Zachary A. Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: University Press Of Colorado
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2007
• EAN: 9780870818813
• ISBN: 978-0-87081-881-3
• No. of pages: 211
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education