| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 518 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
"Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy provides the analytical connections showing readers how issues and actions are translated into public policies and persistent institutions for resolving or managing environmental conflict in the U.S. The guide highlights a complex decision-making cycle that requires the cooperation of government, business, and an informed citizenry to achieve a comprehensive approach to environmental protection. The book's topical, operational, and relational essays address development of U.S. environmental policies, the federal agencies and public and private organizations that frame and administer environmental policies, and the challenges of balancing conservation and preservation against economic development, the ongoing debates related to turning environmental concerns into environmental management, and the role of the U.S. in international organizations that facilitate global environmental governance"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : continuity and change -- Evolution of American environmental policy (beginnings to today) -- Reclaiming and restoring the environment (1700s-today) -- Government organizations that frame environmental policy (1770s-today) -- Contemporary environmental issues (1950s-today) -- Key environmental regulatory agencies and offices of the federal government. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- United States -- History.
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Environmentalism -- United States -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Environmental policy. (OCoLC)fst00913250
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Environmentalism. (OCoLC)fst00913543
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fairfax, Sally K., editor.
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Russell, Edmund, 1957- editor.
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| Added Title |
Guide to United States environmental policy |
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CQ Press guide to U.S. environmental policy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Guide to U.S. environmental policy. Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2014] 9781452270753 (DLC) 2014006662 (OCoLC)871689328 |
| ISBN |
9781483346557 (electronic book) |
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1483346552 (electronic book) |
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9781452270760 (electronic bk.) |
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1452270767 (electronic bk.) |
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