Environmental Policy and Societal Aims

by Requier-Desjardins, Denis; Spash, Clive L.; Straaten, Jan Van Der

• ISBN13: 9780792360407
• ISBN10: 0792360400
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Sustainable development and environmental improvement are often regarded as intrinsically valuable a priori. As a result, the policies by which these goals are to be attained is often inadequately scrutinised. In this book, ecological economics addresses the institutional and policymaking aspects of environmental problems, thus covering a broad socioeconomic research agenda, in contradistinction to mainstream economic approaches. The approach advocated here is open to differing viewpoints on the same issue, sees conflict resolution as a social process, and accepts the need for research into political-economic issues, according a prominent position to the aims of society itself. An in-depth analysis of the policy process is followed in order to understand the pitfalls and barriers that will confront society on the road to sustainable development. Readership: The broad approach advocated will appeal to all involved in environmental problems - decision makers, NGO members, and academic scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
D. Requier-Desjardins
C. Spash
J. van der Straaten
Environmental Policy and Societal Aims	1	(12)
D. Requier-Desjardins
C. Spash
J. van der Straaten
Industry Preferences for Instruments of Environmental Policy	13	(22)
B. Dijkstra
A. Nentjes
A Carbon/Energy Tax for Sustainable Development	35	(28)
N. Gouzee
S. Willems
The Use of National Savings in Sustainability Analysis	63	(40)
A.C. Hansen
Sustainable Development and Ecological Modernisation	103	(26)
M.J. Cohen
Localized Technical Change and the Efficient Control of Global Warming	129	(26)
F. Ferrante
Do Local Authorities Have a Part to Play in a Sustainable Development?	155	(14)
S. Krarup
Sustainability and Civic Participation in Environmental Local Auditing. Contributions from the Experience in Catalonia	169	(22)
M.A. Alio
X. Kendall
S. Laredo
Local Sustainable Development: How Can Equity Issues Be Examined at the Local Level?	191	(22)
J. Corbett
H. Voisey
Cultural Empowerment: (Re)Building Locality and Facilitating Collective Vision as Interventions Toward Sustainable Rural Development	213	(34)
N. Mack
Qualitative Growth -- Employment: A Revised Relationship	247	(32)
L. Grimal
C. Kephaliacos
From the Expected to the Desired Future of Passenger Transport. A Stakeholder Approach	279	(28)
S.A. Rienstra
P. Nijkamp
Sustainable Development and Social Justice: The Tool of the Reduction in Income Inequalities	307	(4)
J.M. Harribey
Subject index	311