Author

Publication

2017 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

57,000 words, Guess

Page Count

228 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107546745
  • ISBN-101107546745
  • Better World Books9781107546745
  • Open LibraryOL28629066M

Classifications

  • LCCHC79.E5

Description

"Proposing environmental policy which is consistent with the laws of nature, this book is for those who are not just interested in the ways humans have harmfully altered their environment, but instead wish to learn why the many governmental policies in place to curb such behaviour have been unsuccessful. Since humans began to exploit natural resources for their own economic ends, we have ignored a central principle - nature and humans are not separate but are a unified interconnected system, where neither is superior to the other. Policy must reflect this reality. We failed to follow this principle in exploiting natural capital without expecting to pay any price and in hurriedly adopting environmental laws and policies that reflected how we wanted nature to work, instead of how it does work. This study relies on more accurate models for how nature works and humans behave"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Why Environmental Policies FailCambridge University Press2017

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