The Natural Environmental Policy Act - Judicial Misconstruction, Legislative Indifference, Executive Neglect

Informationen zum Autor Matthew J. Lindstrom, who earned his Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University, is an assistant professor in the Political Science Department and Environmental Studies Program at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. He is the author of several journal articles and is currently editing a book on suburban sprawl and eco-cities, in addition to his work as the director of Eco-Logic: Siena Institute for Sustainable Land Use.Zachary A. Smith earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He has served as a consultant on environmental matters and is the author or editor of fifteen books and more than thirty articles on environmental policy topics. Klappentext Shows how federal courts and agencies have failed to implement many of the values and goals fundamental to the success of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This book examines NEPA's origins! and addresses how it had been implemented and enforced! and highlights its shortcomings. Zusammenfassung Shows how federal courts and agencies have failed to implement many of the values and goals fundamental to the success of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This book examines NEPA's origins! and addresses how it had been implemented and enforced! and highlights its shortcomings.

Product details

• Authors: M. J. Lindstrom, Matthew J. Lindstrom, Matthew J. Ph. D. Lindstrom, Matthew J./ Smith Lindstrom, Zachary A. Smith
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9781603440486
• ISBN: 978-1-60344-048-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Environmental History; Environmental History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education