| Description |
xiii, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-451) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Environment and governance -- 2. Historical context : European colonization and trade -- 3. Colonial precedents : environment as property -- 4. The constitutional framework -- 5. Land and transport : commercial development as environmental policy -- 6. Agencies and experts : the beginnings of public management -- 7. Public health and urban sanitation -- 8. Progressivism : conservation in the public interest -- 9. Administering he environment : subgovernments and stakeholders -- 10. Superpower and supermarket -- 11. The rise of modern environmentalism -- 12. Nationalizing pollution control -- 13. Reform or reaction? The politics of the pendulum -- 14. The unfinished business of national environmental policy -- 15. Environmental policy in a global economy -- 16. Managing the environment, managing ourselves. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- United States.
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Environmental management -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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| ISBN |
0300073585 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780300073584 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300077955 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780300077957 paperback alkaline paper |
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