Towards a collaborative environment research agenda : challenges for business and society / edited by Alyson Warhurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warhurst, Alyson.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Pollution.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This diverse and informative volume contains key papers from the University of Bath interdisciplinary seminars entitled "Towards an Environmental Research Agenda." The book offers insights and expertise from a range of disciplinary perspectives across faculties of Science, Engineering and Design, Humanities and Social Sciences, and the School of Management. Developing a collaborative environmental research agenda, the collection advances new lines of research enquiry and presents relevant findings.

Contents:

Part I Corporate Strategy and Public Policy Towards the Environment

1 Environmental Regulation, Innovation and Competitiveness within a Sustainable Economy / Alyson Warhurst 9

2 Globalization and Social Responsibility: Issues in Corporate Citizenship / Malcolm McIntosh 42

3 Making Domestic Energy Use Visible / Gwendolyn Brandon, Alan Day 58

4 Green and Ethical Investing: Can It Make a Difference? / Alan Lewis, Craig Mackenzie 75

5 Environmental Education and Teacher Education: A Critical Review of Effective Theory and Practice / William Scott, Christopher Oulton 89

6 The Shaping of French Environmental Policy in the 1990s / Joseph Szarka 116

Part II Clean Technology and Integrated Environmental Management

7 Energy and the Environment / Geoffrey P. Hammond 139

8 Finding Poisons: Techniques for Gross Pollution Monitoring / William Bains 179

9 Controlling Emissions / Stuart A. MacGregor 196

Part III Natural Resources and Their Management

10 Challenging Environmental Uncertainty: Dynamic Boundaries Beyond the Selfish Gene / Alan D. M. Rayner 215

11 Construction and Deconstruction: Ecological Politics After the End of Nature / Ingolfur Bluhdorn 237

12 Forest Restoration Research in Protected Areas in Northern Thailand / David Blakesley, J. Allister McGregor, Steven Elliott 262

13 Sustainability, Access and Equity: Tropical Floodplain Fisheries in Three Asian Countries / Christopher J. Heady, J. Allister McGregor, Adrian Winnett 276.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0312230117

OCLC:

42475679