Environmental Policy Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Climate Change and Foreign Policy

   Case Studies from East to West

   Edited by Paul G. Harris

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   Climate Change and Foreign Policy: Case Studies from East to West and its companion volume, Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice, examine and explain the role of foreign policy politics, processes and institutions in efforts to protect the environment and natural resources....

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance

   Edited by Frank Biermann, Bernd Siebenhüner, Anna Schreyögg

   Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Politics

   This book provides a comparative study of the role of international organizations in environmental governance. Whilst a growing body of literature considers global governance in a number of policy areas, this volume delivers one of the first comprehensive accounts of international organizations in...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Collective Learning for Transformational Change

   A Guide to Collaborative Action

   By Valerie A. Brown, Judith A. Lambert

   This step by step guide is for those seeking to undertake a transformational change process based on strong collaboration among diverse interests. Guiding transformational change goes beyond small changes to an existing system. It leads to lasting change in the system itself. The collective...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources

   Ecology, Economics and Policies

   Edited by Thomas Koellner

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   The utilization of natural resources to satisfy worldwide growing consumption of goods and services has severe ecological consequences. Aside from the projected doubling of food consumption in the next fifty years, the growing trade of biofuels and other commodities is a global challenge as the...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Sustainability in European Transport Policy

   By Matthew Humphreys

   The construction of the European Economic Communities in 1950 primarily set out to build an integrated economic zone in which national borders were, to a large extent, overcome. The ability of persons and goods to move freely within the economic zone was seminal in the realisation of economic...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics

   Edited by Rüdiger Wurzel, James Connelly

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   Climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. The European Union (EU) has developed into a leader in international climate change politics although it was originally set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’ in which decision-making powers are spread amongst EU institutional, member...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Nuclear Waste Management in a Globalised World

   Edited by Urban Strandberg, Mats Andrén

   High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a controversial and risky issue. For the next 100 years, the HLW will be subject to policy decisions and value assessments. Physically safe, technologically stable, and socio-economically sustainable HLW-management will top the agenda. That must be accomplished in...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Sustainable Development and Free Trade

   Institutional Approaches

   By Shawkat Alam

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Examining institutions rather than themes, this critical book provides a comprehensive survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth and the environment and its impact on the global quest for sustainable development. Focusing in particular on the interests and concerns of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land

   The Politics of Natural Resource Governance in Africa

   Edited by Fred Nelson

   Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities. The institutional arrangements that define natural resource governance are outcomes of political processes,...

   Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge
10. Wild Product Governance

    Finding Policies that Work for Non-Timber Forest Products

    Edited by Sarah A. Laird, Rebecca J. McLain, Rachel P. Wynberg

    Products from the wild, also known as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), are used as medicines, foods, spices, and a multitude of other purposes. They contribute substantially to rural livelihoods, generate revenue for companies and governments, and have a range of impacts on biodiversity...

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge