Protecting the ozone layer : science and strategy / Edward A. Parson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parson, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ozone layer depletion--Prevention--History--20th century.

Ozone layer depletion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing an account of the ozone-depletion issues from the attempts to develop international action in the 1970s to the mature functioning of the international regime, this book examines the parallel developments of politics and negotiations technological progress, and industry strategy that shaped the issue's development and its management.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Stratospheric Ozone and Its Protection: Introduction and Background""; ""1.1 Protecting the Ozone Layer""; ""1.2 Goals, Context, and Contributions of the Book""; ""1.3 The Major Arguments in Brief""; ""1.4 Plan of the Book""; ""2 Early Stratospheric Science, Chlorofluorocarbons, and the Emergence of Environmental Concern""; ""2.1 Early Stratospheric Science""; ""2.2 The Chlorofluorocarbons and Their Atmospheric Impacts""; ""2.3 Early Environmental Concerns about Chlorofluorocarbons""

""3 Setting the Stage: National Action and Early International Efforts, 1970�1980""""3.1 The Supersonic Transport Controversy and Its Legacy""; ""3.2 The American “Ozone War,� 1974�1977""; ""3.3 Aerosol Debates outside the United States and Early Efforts at International Cooperation""; ""3.4 Industry's Initial Research into Chlorofluorocarbon Alternatives""; ""3.5 The Attempt to Enact Comprehensive U.S. Chlorofluorocarbon Controls, 1977�1980""; ""3.6 The Early Ozone Debates: Explanation and Significance""

""4 The Search for Knowledge-Based Resolution: Science and Scientific Assessment, 1976�1985""""4.1 Stratospheric Science, 1976�1985""; ""4.2 The Efforts of Ozone Depletion""; ""4.3 Science for Policy: Scientific Assessments of Stratospheric Ozone, 1976�1985""; ""4.4 The Policy Influence of Science and Assessment""; ""5 Negotiations and Strategy, 1980�1987""; ""5.1 Early Maneuvers and the Establishment of Negotiations, 1980�1982""; ""5.2 International Negotiations to the Vienna Convention, 1982�1985""; ""5.3 International Workshops and U.S. Domestic Initiatives, 1986""

""5.4 Protocol Negotiations, 1986�1987""""5.5 The Negotiation of the Montreal Protocol: Explanation and Significance""; ""6 Eliminating Chlorofluorocarbons: Science, Assessment, and Responses, 1986�1988""; ""6.1 The Cause of the Ozone Hole""; ""6.2 Declines in Global Ozone""; ""6.3 Eliminate Chlorofluorocarbons?""; ""6.4 Projecting Future Stratospheric Change: Halogen Loading versus Ozone Depletion""; ""6.5 Post-Protocol Planning, Establishment of Assessment Panels""; ""6.6 Moving the Debate to Full Phaseouts: Explanation and Significance""

""7 Industry Strategy and Technical Innovation, 1987�1992""""7.1 Chlorofluorocarbon Markets after the Protocol""; ""7.2 The Pursuit of Chemical Substitutes""; ""7.3 Mobilization of Chlorofluorocarbon User Industries: The Engine of Innovation""; ""7.4 Regime Formation and Industry Strategy""; ""8 Building an Adaptive Regime: The Protocol Evolving, 1989�1999""; ""8.1 Negotiating the First Protocol Revision, 1989�1990""; ""8.2 Second Round of Protocol Revision, 1991�1992""; ""8.3 Third Round of Protocol Revision, 1992�1995""

""8.4 Further Assessment and Review of Decisions, 1995�1999""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-367) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-028871-X

1-281-93021-0

9786611930219

0-19-803543-8

OCLC:

252575045