Elizabeth R. DeSombre esamina gli intricati legami tra i processi globali e le loro conseguenze locali, in particolare per quanto riguarda le normative ambientali, di sicurezza e del lavoro. La sua ricerca approfondisce come vengono stabiliti gli standard internazionali e come questi influenzano la vita quotidiana e i sistemi ecologici in tutto il mondo. Attraverso la sua ricerca accademica e il suo ruolo di leadership, cerca di illuminare la complessa interazione tra forze economiche, strutture politiche e preoccupazioni ambientali nel nostro mondo interconnesso. Il suo lavoro fornisce spunti critici sui meccanismi che modellano le dinamiche globali contemporanee.
Scientific knowledge and technology alone cannot address environmental problems; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. This concise introductory text explores the different ways in which society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage--
Why do people behave in ways that cause environmental harm? Despite not wanting to create environmental problems, we all do so regularly in the course of living our everyday lives. This book looks at how social structures, incentives, information, habits, attitudes, norms, and the inherent characteristics of environmental resources explain and influence how we behave, and how those causes influence what we can do to change behavior.
Global Environmental Institutitons continues to provide the most accessible and succint overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment.
Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective.