Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

The Guide to Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically-varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues. The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical essays that emphasise different opinions and controversies. With its succinct explanations of more than a thousand terms, its thoughtful commentaries by international experts, and its helpful cross-referencing, this resource is designed to serve as a roadmap for understanding the issues and debates in the overlapping fields of environment and development. Intended for use by activists, scholars, journalists, officials, policymakers, and interested citizens, The Guide to Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development will be a useful tool for anyone trying to negotiate the many environmental organisations, schools of thought, development programs, international environmental treaties, conventions, and strategies that have proliferated in the past few decades.