Environmental Principles and Policies
- Environmental Principles and Policies
The book "Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction", written by Professor Sharon Beder, examines six key environmental and social principles that have been incorporated into international treaties and national laws. It uses them to evaluate the new wave of economic-based and market-based policy instruments that are currently being introduced in many nations.
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The six principles discussed in the book are:
* the sustainability principle
* the polluter pays principle
* the precautionary principle
* the equity principle
* human rights principles
* the participation principle[ [http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/sbeder/principles.html Environmental Principles and Policies] ] ]Interdisciplinary approach
This book differs from other texts on environmental policy-making as a result of its critical and interdisciplinary approach. Rather than merely setting out policies in a descriptive or prescriptive way, it analyses and evaluates policy options from a variety of perspectives. This enables students and general readers not only to gain a thorough grasp of important principles and current policies, but also to be able to apply the principles and critically evaluate them.The author
Professor Beder was included in a list of "Australia's most influential engineers", published by "Engineers Australia" in 2004. She was also included in "Bulletin Magazine's" "Smart 100" in 2003, and received the World Technology Award for Ethics in 2001.
ee also
*Sustainable development
*Environmental policy
*Resolving Messy Policy Problems
References
Bibliography
*Beder, Sharon (2006). [http://homepage.mac.com/herinst/sbeder/principles.html "Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction"] , UNSW Press, Sydney, ISBN 0868408573
External links
* [http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/698/36240 Review: Principled environmental policy]
* [http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Portals/0/Files/Sample%20Chapters/9781844074051.pdf Sample chapter]
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