Environmental policy : an economic perspective /
"Global environmental challenges have caused a range of policy solutions, approaches, and models to emerge. As these challenges are expected to intensify in the near future, environmental policy and its instruments are increasingly becoming a topic of discussion, action, and disagreement in aca...
| Uniform Title: | Environmental policy (Wiley-Blackwell) |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Global environmental challenges have caused a range of policy solutions, approaches, and models to emerge. As these challenges are expected to intensify in the near future, environmental policy and its instruments are increasingly becoming a topic of discussion, action, and disagreement in academic, professional, and mass media outlets. This fixation on the topic of policy is well-justified considering the consequences policy can have on all levels of society - global, national, sectoral, organizational, and even personal. Policy has a vital role in reducing environmental damage, incentivizing positive environmental behavior, and guiding practice toward a more sustainable future. While most policies have economic repercussions, environmental policies, and specifically new environmental policy instruments, have exhibited a special and complex relation to the economy. The environment can thus be considered an envelope encompassing and sustaining the economic system - much more than just a factor of production"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 310 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119402619 1119402611 1119402557 9781119402572 1119402573 9781119402558 |