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Environmental Science: A Global Concern, 7/e
William P. Cunningham, University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College
Barbara Woodworth Saigo, St. Cloud State University

Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning

Additional Readings

Andrews, Richard N. L. 1999. Managing the environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy. Yale Univ. Press.

Babiker, M. H., et al. 2002. "The evolution of a climate regime: Kyoto to Marrakech and beyond." Environmental Science and Policy 5 (3): 195-206. Discusses the international policy debate on climate change.

Bachrach, P. and A. Botwinick. 1992. Power and Empowerment: A Radical Theory of Participatory Democracy. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. A classic analysis of participatory democracy.

Brick, Philip, et al. 2000. Across the Great Divide: Exploration in Collaborative Conservation and the American West. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A new conservation movement emphasizes local participation, sustainability, and giving voice to the disempowered.

Bright, Chris. 2000. "Environmental Surprises: Planning for the Unexpected." The Futurist July/August: 41-47. Environmental futurists are finding new ways to cope with complex, unexpected change.

Burger, Joanna, et al (eds). 2000. Protecting the Commons: A Framework for Resource Management in the Americas. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Leading scholars take a fresh look at Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons."

Cahill, Michael. 2001. The Environment and Social Policy. A human welfare and social policy approach to environmental issues.

Caldwell, Lynton K. 1996. International Environmental Policy. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. A tour de-force overview by one of the giants in the field.

Chertow, Marian R. and Daniel C. Esty (eds). 1997. Thinking Ecologically: the next generation of environmental policy. New Haven: Yale University Press. An excellent collection of articles on policy formation.

Chess, C. and K. Purcell. 1999. "Public participation and the environment: Do we know what works?" Environmental Science & Technology 33(16): 2685-2692.

Clark, Tim W. 2002. The Policy Process: A Practical guide for Natural Resources Professionals. Yale University Press. An introduction to natural resource policy.

Constanza, R. and S. E. Jorgensen (eds). 2002. Understanding and Solving Environmental Problems in the 21st Century: Toward a New, Integrated Hard Problem Science. Elsevier. An anthology of articles about new approaches to environmental management.

Crosby, N. 1999. "Using the citizens jury process for environmental decision making." In Better Environmental Decisions, K. Sexton, et al. (eds.). Covelo, CA: Island Press.

Dalal-Clayton, Barry. 1996. Getting to Grips with Green Plans: National-Level Experience in Industrial Countries. Covelo, CA: Island Press and London: Earthscan.

Dodds, Felix, ed. 1997. The Way Forward: Beyond Agenda 21. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A follow-up to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. What have we accomplished?

Doyle, Tom and Doug McEachern. 2001. Environment and Politics 2nd ed. New York: Routledge. A European view of green politics.

Ewert, A.W. 1996. Natural Resource Management: the human dimension. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, Natural resource management is shifting away from managing based only on biophysical considerations about resources and towards "people management" where preferences, motivations and attitudes of citizens are taken into account.

Finney, B. P., et al. 2002. "Fisheries productivity in the northeastern Pacific Ocean over the past 2,200 years." Nature 416: 729-733. Paleoecological studies show that ocean fish populations fluctuate widely over periods of centuries, apparently due to climate change.

Fowler, Alan. 1997. Striking a Balance: A Guide to Enhancing the Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations in International Development. Covelo, CA: Island Press and London: Earthscan.

French, H. 1999. "Challenging the WTO." Worldwatch Magazine 12(6): 22-27. A call for reform of the WTO.

Gorden, Morton and Marsha Gordon. 1972. Environmental Management: Science and Politics. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. A classic but still useful introduction to environmental policy.

Haila, Y. 2002. "Scaling environmental issues: problems and paradoxes." Landscape and Urban Planning 61(2-4): 57-58. Scales of all types are important in environmental planning.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature. 2000. Landscape Conservation Law: Present Trends and Perspectives in International and Comparative Law.

Johnson, Bart and Kristina Hill. 2001. Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Addresses the need to incorporate ecological principles in planning, management, and policy.

Lester, James P., et al. 2000. Environmental Injustice in the U.S.: Myths and Realities. Perseus Books. Discusses the social, economic, and political dynamics of environmental decision-making, and the impacts of those decisions on minority communities.

Liu, J., et al. 2002. "A new class of regulatory genes underlying the cause of pear-shaped fruit." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.162485999. A single gene change causes shape change in fruit.

Lovei. M. 1998. Phasing Out Lead from Gasoline: Worldwide Experience and Policy Implications. World Bank Technical Paper 397. Washington, DC. Banning leaded gasoline is one of the most effective environmental regulations ever passed.

Margolis, R. M. & D.M. Kammen.1999. "Underinvestment: The Energy Technology and R&D Policy Challenge." Science 285: 690-692 (1999). We need funding to study the science of sustainability.

Meadowcroft, J. 2002. "Politics and scale: some implications for environmental governance." Landscape and Urban Planning 61(2-4):169-179. Scales of all sorts are important in planning.

Meltz, Robert, et al. 1999. The Takings Issue: Constitutional Limits on Land Use Control and Environmental Regulation. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Discusses one of the most controversial issues in land-use planning.

Murdock, B.S. and K. Sexton. 1999. "Community-based environmental partnerships." In Better Environmental Decisions, K. Sexton, et al.(eds.). Covelo, CA: Island Press.

Noss, Reed F. et al, 1997. The Science of Conservation Planning. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A classic in planning for conservation.

O'Brien Mary. 2000. Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to Risk Assessment. MIT Press. Argues for a major shift in policy making to ask how we can minimize impacts rather than asking how much hazardous activity is safe.

Palmer, Joy A. 2002. Fifty Key thinkers on the Environment. Routledge Press. An history of environmental thought over the ages.

Porter, Gareth, et al. 2000. Global Environmental Politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. A valuable introduction to environmental politics and policy.

Roberts, Jane. 2002. Environmental Policy: Theory and Practice. Routledge Press. An introduction to policy-making at the institutional, national and international levels.

Roy, Arundhati. 2001. Power Politics. South End Press. A prize-winning novelist and Indian activist discusses global politics and environmental justice.

Sarewitz, Daniel, et al. 2000. Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A fascinating combination of science, politics, and social factors in decision making.

Schnaiberg, Allan and Kenneth Gould. 1994. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. New York: St. Martin's Press. A confrontational view of environmental policy and problems.

Schneider, Stephen, et al. (eds) 2002. Climate Change Policy: A Survey. Island Press. A group of distinguished scientists analyze climate science and policy.

Sexton, Ken, et al. 1999. Better Environmental Decisions. Covelo, CA: Island Press. An excellent collection of articles on policy options for government, business, and communities.

Shine, Clare and Cyrille de Klemm. 1999. Wetlands, Water, and the Law: Using Law to Advance Wetland Conservation and Wise Use. Geneva: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Smith, Zachary A. 1995. The Environmental Policy Paradox 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. A brief overview of environmental policy and management.

Susskind, Lawrence, et al. 2001. Better Environmental Policy Studies. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A study of five important policy cases to understand what works and what doesn't.

Thompson Jr., B. H. 2000. "Tragically difficult: the obstacles to governing the commons." Environmental Law Spring 30(2): 241-245. Discusses why stakeholders have difficulty coming to agreement in "commons" situations and suggests that most stakeholders have difficulty accepting current losses to avoid future risks.

van Daalen, C. E., et al. 2002. "The roles of computer models in the environmental policy life cycle." Environmental Science and Policy 5 (3): 221-231. Computer models may give unwarranted certainty to policy debates.

Vig, Norman J. and Michael E. Kraft (eds). 1997. Environmental Policy in the 1990s: Reform or Reaction? 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. An excellent introduction to policy.

Wilkinson, David. 2002. Environment and Law. Routledge Press. An introduction to the role of law in international and national environmental protection.

Wondolleck, Julia M. and Steven L. Yaffee. 2000. Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management. Covelo, CA: Island Press. Turning away from confrontation, some conservationists are trying to make collaboration work.

Zaneski, Cyril T. 2001. "Anatomy of a Deal." Audubon 103(4): 48-53. A description of the complex negotiations leading to restoration of the Everglades.