Books in the Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice series

In an era of abundance, at least part of humanity has stopped thinking about the future provision of basic vital resources such water, energy and food. This book deals with cases of water, food, energy and biodiversity storage as a response to a new era of scarcity.

Provides an assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union. The author highlights the need to evaluate assumptions regarding the post-Soviet environment, in order to move beyond generalization and engage with the particularities of Russia's environmental situation.

The authors of this study consider the economic and ecological advantages of forest garden farming systems, which are small and low-input but highly productive and sustainable family units of diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines.

How do scientists, scholars, and other experts engage with the general public and with the communities affected by their work or residing in their sites of study? Where are the fine lines between public scholarship, civic engagement, and activism? Must academics "give back" once they collect data and publish results? In this volume.

Recently, efforts to understand the relationship between water and political boundaries have come to the fore of water governance debates: how and why does water governance fragment across sectors and governmental departments? How can we govern shared waters more effectively? How do politics and power play out in water governance.

Providing an integrated perspective on why, how and for whom nature conservation practices have been implemented in CEE, this book sheds further light upon the mechanisms through which such practices both redefine and are affected by the everyday life of people living in national parks.

Using extensive original research interviews, this book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges.

There has been a profound change within the sphere of government and societal regulation in recent years. Traditional hierarchical government has been challenged by new governance instruments relying on negotiations instead of command and control. Alongside this development there has been a change in the time-framing of politics and steering.

Explores the context for behaviour change policy, the approaches adopted by politicians and academic researchers, and the application of such approaches using empirical data from two major research projects. The book is illustrated using both theoretical and empirical data and is suitable for researchers interested in sustainable lifestyles.

Provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub-national case studies.

Drawing on multi-disciplinary analysis, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of how behavioural change in relation to the environment can come about and how this can be integrated in the political framework.

This text takes as its theme the growing awareness that environmental problems have more to do with the personal decisions of ordinary people than those of governments and corporations. This leads to the conclusion that a shift in attitude is a necessary part of resolving environmental problems.

Examining infringements of European environmental laws, this work argues and challenges the commonly held misconception that Southern Europe is the chief culprit. It uses facts to prove that countries like Germany have in the past violated the laws to the point where court action was needed.

Environmental economists have proposed that legislation should be supplemented or replaced by New Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs), such as eco-taxes, environmental charges, tradeable permits and voluntary agreements. This book looks as experiences with NEPIs in the EU.

This study represents a regional assessment of the impacts of climate change in an industrialized European nation. Providing a comprehensive set of tools, techniques and strategies this work explores the potential impact of climate change upon key landscapes, economic and social sectors.

After the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept exploring the potential for fresh practices and fields for those involved in sustainability activity.

Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey. It also makes an important contribution to the literature on politics in Turkey.

How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a truly trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural look at the problem of energy production and consumption in modern times. Discussing issues of history, politics, science, risk, lifestyle and representation, contributors demonstrate that experiences through time can provide insights into the kinds of solutions that have succeeded, as well as reasons why other solutions have failed. They also show what different countries and cultures might learn from each other, emphasizing how discoveries in one discipline have inspired new approaches in another discipline. Among many other important conclusions, the book suggests that energy transitions do not occur simply because of the exhaustion of old energy sources, and any solutions to the incipient energy crisis of the 21st century will depend on people''s perceptions of science, environment and risk, informed and shaped in turn by the media.

Explores scientific development and politico-institutional experiences related to the conservation of the South-American Pantanal. This title includes consideration of the impacts of climate change and the pressures of regional development, for wetland management.

Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are a mode of involving civil society in debates and decision-making on resource management. This book focuses on water management to take a look at this phenomenon. It recognises that MSPs may do more harm than good. It examines how MSPs might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the relation between protected areas and regional development policies, both in theory and practice. Illustrated with a wide range of case studies from across Europe, this volume compares different concepts, strategies and instruments being used.

Offers a transdisciplinary and transcultural look at the problem of energy production and consumption in modern times. Discussing issues of history, politics, science, risk, lifestyle and representation, this book demonstrates that experiences through time can provide insights into the kinds of solutions that have succeeded.