Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks, Vol. 2: A Functional Analysis of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain (Politics, Science, and the Environment) [Paperback]

Social Learning Group (Author), William Clark (Author), Jill Jaeger (Author), Josee van Eijndhoven (Author), Nancy Dickson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Politics, Science, and the Environment | Publication Date: May 14, 2001

This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas, interests, and institutions affect management practice; how management capabilities in other areas affect the ability to deal with specific environmental issues; and how learning affects society's approach to the global environment.The book focuses on efforts to deal with climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain from 1957 (The International Geophysical Year) through 1992 (the UN Conference on Environment and Development). The settings include Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and international environmental organizations. Topics include problem framing, agenda setting, issue attention, risk assessment, monitoring, option assessment, goal and strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Volume 1 provides an overview of the project, of global environmental management in general, and of the three central environmental issues studied; it also contains the individual country studies. Volume 2 contains the management function studies and the book's conclusion.Authors in the set include: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, William C. Clark, Ellis Cowling, Nancy M. Dickson, Gerda Dinkelman, Rodney Dobell, Renate Ell, Adam Fenech, Alexander Ginzburg, Elena Goncharova, Peter Haas, Eva Hizsnyik, Michael Huber, Peter Hughes, Jill Jäger, Marc Levy, Angela Liberatore, Diana Liverman, Justin Longo, David McCabe, Donald Munton, Elena Nikitina, Karen O'Brien, Edward Parson, Vladimir Pisarev, Ruud Pleune, Miranda Schreurs, Simon Shackley, Peter Simmons, Heather Smith, Vassily Sokolov, Ferenc L. Tóth, Jeroen van der Sluijs, Josee van Eijndhoven, Claire Waterton, Cor Worrell, and Brian Wynne.More information is available from the SLG web site.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...vast, dense, and richly engaging...breaks important new ground in the effort to understand national responses to global challenges." Ken Conca Environmental Change & Security Project Report

"... very valuable additions to our body of environmental management knowledge." Robert John Klancko Environmental Practice

About the Author

The Social Learning Group is an international team of scholars conducting collaborative research on issues related to the management of global environmental risks. The Group's homepage may be found here: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sl.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (May 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262692392
• ISBN-13: 978-0262692397
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,415,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)