Environmental integration : our common challenge / Ton Buhrs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bührs, Ton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ecology.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Sustainable development.

Sustainable living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The environmental challenges facing humankind can most effectively be met through environmental integration—incorporating environmental considerations into everyday human thinking, behavior, and practices, at both the individual and collective levels. Increasingly people and organizations throughout the world are taking the environment into account, but at the same time there is insufficient integration of attitudes, policies, and programs. People and groups have different, and often conflicting, views and interpretations of what is desirable or required to protect the environment. Environmental Integration looks at the ways that governments can play a crucial role in advancing, promoting, and shaping a singular, integrated environmental policy.

Contents:

""Environmental Integration""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Making Sense of Environmental Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION?""; ""FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""2. Cognitive-External Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT""; ""COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS""; ""RISK ASSESSMENT""; ""INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""3. Cognitive-Internal Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT""; ""ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION""

""ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE""""(ECO)SYSTEMS THINKING AND THEORY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""4. Policy-External Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT""; ""SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT""; ""ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS""; ""VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5. Policy-Internal Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LIMITED FORMS OF POLICY-INTERNAL INTEGRATION""; ""WHAT IS GREEN PLANNING?""; ""THE EMERGENCE AND SPREAD OF GREEN PLANNING""; ""THE SUPPORT BASIS FOR GREEN PLANNING: THE NETHERLANDS, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA""; ""GREEN PLANNING AND THE POLITICS OF INTERPRETATION""

""CONCLUSION""""6. Institutional-External Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE GREENING OF GOVERNMENT""; ""THE GREENING OF ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS""; ""THE GREENING OF ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS: LIMITS AND OBSTACLES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""7. Institutional-Internal Integration""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS""; ""THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES""; ""THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INTEGRATIVE PRINCIPLES""; ""AGENTS OF INTEGRATION: NATIONAL COUNCILS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""8. Improving Environmental Integration""

""INTRODUCTION""""REVISITING EXISTING APPROACHES TO AND FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION""; ""ENHANCING INTEGRATION: FORMS AND APPROACHES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index.

ISBN:

9781438426334

143842633X

OCLC:

811381933