Energy, the Environment, and Public Policy

Issues for the 1990s
Herausgeber: McKee, David L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With contributions by experts in economics, geography, marketing, agriculture, business, international affairs and more, this book addresses the extent and gravity of the current environmental situation. From toxic industrial and medical waste to acid rain and radioactive waste, from the Alaskan oil spill to the continuing destruction of the rain forests, McKee's focus is on economic welfare. He points out that public and private issues regarding environmental problems have been limited to crisis response. The contributions he has chosen for this volume clarify key issues for formulating policy options toward long-range economic welfare. The book includes an assessment of environmental policy during the Reagan administration and position statements by a prominent oil executive and a leading environmental conservationist. Other topics covered include: ethics and environmental restraint; financing the clean-up of hazardous waste; the impact of environmental regulation on plant location; solid waste disposal; environmental damage and national security; the decomissioning of nuclear facilities; the greenhouse effect; environmental constraints on economic diversification in small economies; and transboundary issues facing Canada and the United States. This work provides a valuable overview for those concerned with the economic aspects of energy, and the environment, including policy-makers in business, government, and academia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9780275937195
• ISBN-10: 0275937194
• Artikelnr.: 25566805

Autorenporträt

David L. McKee

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction A Preliminary Overview The Environment and Economic
Welfare by Clement A. Tisdell Some General Positioning Environmental and
Energy Policy in the Reagan Presidency: Implications for the 1990s by
Michael E. Kraft Environmental Restraint: Living Lightly or Not Living by
John E. Carroll It's Not Easy Being Green by Frank E. Mosier Selected
Environmental Issues Plant Locations and Environmental Regulation by
William D. Gunther Economic Impacts of Solid Waste Disposal Sites by Joseph
Havlicek, Jr. Recycling Behavior: The Causal Role of Demographic,
Communication and Attitudinal Factors by Florence W. Lansana, Milton E.
Harvey, and John W. Frazier Acid Rain: Public Policy and Environmental
Perception by Fred J. Starheim and Daniel V. Steen Energy-Related Concerns
National Security, Environmental Damage and Uncertainty: Fundamentals for
Energy Policy by Darwin C. Hall Nuclear Oversight: A Critical Analysis of
the Public Element in Decommissioning Policy by Martin J. Pasqualetti Some
International Issues Canadian-U.S. Transboundary Environmental Issues: An
Institutional Assessment by Edward R. Bruning Economic Diversification and
the Environment in a Small Economy by Ransford W. Palmer Developing
Countries and the Potential for Global Warming by Robert J. Saunders
Conclusion Some Final Reflections by David L. McKee Selected Bibliography
Index