Environmental principles and policies : an interdisciplinary introduction / Sharon Beder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beder, Sharon.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Science and the humanities.

Physical Description:

viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, [2006]

Summary:

Environmental Principles and Policies uses environmental and social principles to analyse the latest wave of economic-based and market-oriented environmental policies currently being adopted around the world. This book provides an in-depth examination of six key principles that have been incorporated into international treaties and the national laws of many countries: ecological sustainability, the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, equity, human rights, public participation. These principles are then used to evaluate a range of policies including pollution charges, emissions trading, water markets, biodiversity banks and tradeable fishing rights.

Environmental Principles and Policies is easily accessible, using non-technical language throughout, and - in what sets it apart from other books on environmental policy-making - it takes a critical and interdisciplinary approach. It does not set out policies in a descriptive or prescriptive way, but analyses and evaluates policy options from a variety of perspectives. This enables readers to gain a thorough grasp of important principles and current policies, as well as demonstrating how principles can be used to critically assess environmental policies.

Contents:

Policies 6

Part I Environmental Protection Principles

1 The Sustainability Principle 12

Limits to growth 13

Sustainability in the 1980s 17

Carrying capacity 20

Ecological footprint 25

Continuing debate 30

2 The Polluter Pays Principle 32

Functions of the polluter pays principle 37

Liability 39

Extended producer responsibility 44

3 The Precautionary Principle 47

Shifting the burden of proof 48

Nature of the precautionary principle 51

Threat to desired level of protection 53

Scientific uncertainty 56

Measures to be taken 62

Legislation 64

Part II Social Principles and Environmental Protection

4 The Equity Principle 70

Intragenerational equity 71

Intergenerational equity 80

What should be sustained? 85

5 Human Rights Principles 91

Role of environmental protection 94

Environmental human rights 101

6 The Participation Principle 105

The right to know 106

Public participation 116

Part III Economic Methods of Environmental Valuation

7 Measuring Environmental Value 124

National accounts 126

Cost-benefit analysis 129

Environmental valuation in practice 134

8 Is Monetary Valuation Principled? 138

The participation principle 138

The equity principle 143

Human rights principles 147

The sustainability principle 148

The precautionary principle 151

Part IV Economic Instruments for Pollution Control

9 Prices and Pollution Rights 156

Price-based measures 158

Tradeable pollution rights 161

Global warming measures 168

10 The Sustainability Principle and Economic Instruments 174

Setting the baseline or cap 176

Phoney reductions 178

Monitoring and enforcement 182

Perpetuating bad practices 187

11 The Polluter Pays and Precautionary Principles Applied 192

The polluter pays principle 192

The precautionary principle 199

12 Rights, Equity and Participation Principles Applied 204

Human rights principles 204

The equity principle 210

The participation principle 216

Part V Markets for Conservation

13 Quotas, Trades, Offsets and Banks 222

Tradeable fishing rights 223

Water trading 226

Salinity trading and offsets 230

Mitigation banking 231

14 The Sustainability Principle and Conservation Markets 239

Fisheries trading 239

Water allowance trading 245

Mitigation banking 249

15 The Equity, Participation and Precautionary Principles Applied 257

The equity principle and tradeable fishing quotas 257

The equity principle and water trading 264

The participation principle 266

The precautionary principle 268.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-296) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

1844074048

9781844074044

1844074056

9781844074051

OCLC:

70232360