Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

✍ Scribed by Donald A. Brown, John Lemons (auth.), John Lemons, Donald A. Brown (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 297
Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library 3
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Of all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science,Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable development, particularly in respect to the recommendations contained in Agenda 21. Specifically, the book examines the role, capabilities, and certain strengths and weaknesses of these disciplines and their ethical implications in the context of sustainable development problems. Such an analysis is necessary to determine whether sustainable development problems create important new challenges and problems for government so that, where appropriate, new tools or approaches may be designed to overcome limitations or take advantage of the strengths of current scientific, economic and legal capabilities.
Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper level text or reference.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
The Role of Science in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking....Pages 11-38
The Role of Ethics In Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking....Pages 39-51
The Role of Economics in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection....Pages 52-63
The Role of Law in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking....Pages 64-76
Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development....Pages 77-109
Climate Change and Sustainable Development....Pages 110-157
Protection of Marine and Freshwater Resources....Pages 158-214
Toxic Substances and Agenda 21: Ethical and Policy Issues in the Science and Its Implementation....Pages 215-253
Nuclear Waste and Agenda 21....Pages 254-274
Summary of the Scientific, Ethical, and Public Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Development....Pages 275-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-283

✦ Subjects

Environment, general; Nature Conservation; Environmental Management; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

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