Understanding Environmental Policy

To what extent do environmental problems and the policy approaches we take reflect the ways in which we value ecosystems as compared with the value we place on material consumption? What public policies are needed to reduce environmentally damaging behaviors? Do we have the capacity to manage the environmental policies we develop? Formulating sound, effective environmental policies requires attention to a broad range of political, scientific, management, and moral issues. In "Understanding Environmental Policy", Steven Cohen integrates these various facets to develop an innovative, multidimensional framework for analyzing and improving environmental policy. He applies this framework to four case studies that reflect challenges faced by local, national, and international environmental policymakers. Cohen discusses New York City's garbage crisis, the problem of leaks from underground storage units, toxic waste contamination and the Superfund program, and global climate change. His analysis reveals the successes, failures, and development of environmental policies. It also provides an up-to-date discussion of the George W. Formulating effective environmental policies requires attention to a range of political, scientific, management, and moral issues. This work integrates these facets to develop a framework for analyzing and improving environmental policy. It discusses New York City's garbage crisis, the problem of leaks from underground storage units, and more. Bush administration's responses to current environmental crises.