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Changing Things
. Ed(S): Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth; Gutscher, Heinz
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Description for Changing Things
Paperback. Traditionally, environmental policy in most countries is based on command and control and on the more modern economic instruments. This work explores these approaches and the related instruments extend environmental diffusion, collaborative agreements, and service and infrastructure instruments. Editor(s): Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth; Gutscher, Heinz. Series: SPP - Schwerpunktprogramm Umwelt. Num Pages: 364 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCM; RNU; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 699.
This book results from a pioneering effort to organize a productive interdisciplinary research program on sustainable development policy in a small country not previously recognized as a world leader in environmental social science. The results are very promising, considering the short time frame and the high barriers to success for such an enterprise - differences in concepts and terminology, disciplinary myopia, and the inherent difficulty of the problem. In the USA, where I work, these barriers continue to pose major challenges after some 30 years of effort. Switzerland has made noteworthy progress in only five. I hope this book represents ... Read more
This book results from a pioneering effort to organize a productive interdisciplinary research program on sustainable development policy in a small country not previously recognized as a world leader in environmental social science. The results are very promising, considering the short time frame and the high barriers to success for such an enterprise - differences in concepts and terminology, disciplinary myopia, and the inherent difficulty of the problem. In the USA, where I work, these barriers continue to pose major challenges after some 30 years of effort. Switzerland has made noteworthy progress in only five. I hope this book represents ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
SPP - Schwerpunktprogramm Umwelt
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764362522
SKU
V9783764362522
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99-15
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