Prominent scholars and practitioners in the field of global environmental politics consider the ecological and political realities of life on the new earth, and probe the field's deepest and most enduring questions at a time of increasing environmental stress. Arranged in comple…
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An analysis of the potential for environmental cooperation in multijurisdictional conservation zones to contribute to political conflict resolution; includes case studies of existing parks and proposals for new ones. Although the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Kenyan en…
An examination of why NGOs often experience difficulty creating lasting change, with case studies of transnational conservation organizations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
How the planet's two largest greenhouse gas emitters navigate climate policy. The United States and China together account for a disproportionate 45 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014, then-President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced complementary…
Examines efforts in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Jose, and other cities to reclaim postindustrial urban riverside land for use as open space, parks and housing.
How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change -- and what threatens their leadership.
Empirical and theoretical perspectives on the first two phases of the European Emissions Trading Scheme, the largest cap-and-trade market established so far.
An interdisciplinary account of the environmental history and changing landscape of New York City. In this innovative account of the urbanization of nature in New York City, Matthew Gandy explores how the raw materials of nature have been reworked to produce a "metropolitan natu…
How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation -- creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems.
A systematic evaluation of the implementation of the federal government's environmental justice policies.
Many environmental problems cross national boundaries and can be addressed only through international cooperation. In this book Robert Darst examines transnational efforts to promote environmental protection in the USSR and in five of its successor states--Russia, Ukraine, and t…
The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a "neutral broker" rather than protecting the common good. In Science and Environment in Chile, Javiera Barandiarǹ examines the consequences for environmental governance when …
Examines the export of hazardous wastes to poor communities of color around the world and charts the global social movements that challenge them.
Examines the export of hazardous wastes to poor communities of color around the world and charts the global social movements that challenge them.
An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change.
Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan is a pioneering work in environmental and Asian history as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of science on domestic and international environmental politics. Kenneth Wilkening's study also illuminates the global struggle to cre…
Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.
Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.
Megan Mullin offers analysis of the political consequences of special district governance in drinking water management & offers new insights to the influence of political structures on local policymaking.
