Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Dibie, Robert A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents tools and concepts about environmental policies in several developed and developing countries. It explores a broad survey of ecological modernization theory, ecological feminism theory, environmental justice theory, the concept of sustainability, and research on environmental policies. Data were collected through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, and are used to analyze social, economic, and environmental impacts on people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135080587
• Artikelnr.: 40343467

Autorenporträt

Robert Dibie, Ph.D. is Dean and Professor of Public Policy and Public Management at Indiana University Kokomo's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). Previously, he served as the director of graduate programs in public administration at Western Kentucky University. Professor Dibie is the author of several books, book chapters, and more than 70 research articles in peer-refereed journals. He has presented more than 100 academic papers in national and international conferences, focusing on issues of sustainable development, public management, public policy, women empowerment, environmental policies, development administration, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). As a nationally recognized leader in higher education, Professor Dibie has presented seminars, workshops and lectures in the areas of Higher Education Leadership, Public Policy, Environmental Policy, and Sustainable Development in a number of universities around the world. He is currently the Editor of the Journal of International Politics and Development. Professor Dibie has also consulted for several NGOs and universities in the United States, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean Islands. Professor Dibie earned a bachelor's and master's degree in Business Administration. In addition he earned a master degree in Social Sciences (public administration and international relations) from the University of Detroit Mercy. His Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Management is from Western Michigan University. He also completed several professional certification diplomas from both the Charted Institute of Marketing and the Association of Business Executives in England.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: A Preview of Environmental Policies and Issues; Robert Dibie. 2.
Environmental Concepts and Applications; Robert Dibie. Part I: Developed
Countries. 3. Environmental Policies and Issues in the United States;
Robert Dibie and Mary Bourke. 4. Analysis Environmental Health Issues and
Policies in Western Europe; Emeka Nwagwu. 5. Environmental Health Policies
and Issues in Canada; Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe and Robert Dibie. Part II:
Developing Countries - Africa. 6. Environmental Governance in Sub-Saharan
Africa; Robert Dibie. 7. Environmental Policies and Issues in Ghana; Albert
O. Assibey-Mensah and Robert Dibie. 8. Environmental Policy and Impacts in
South Africa; Robert Dibie and Kealeboga Maphunye. 9. Environmental
Policies and Issues in Ethiopia; Robert Dibie. 10. Environmental Policy and
Issues in Nigeria; Offiong Offiong and Robert Dibie. Part III: Developing
Countries - Other Continents. 11. Environmental Health Policy in Brazil;
Robert Dibie, William Mello, and Galia Benitez. 12. Environmental Policies
and Issues in Jamaica; Robert Dibie. 13. Environmental Policies and Issues
in Trinidad and Tobago; Robert Dibie. 14. Environmental Policies and Issues
in Belize; Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe. 15. Environmental Policies and Issues in
Some Arab Countries; Robert Dibie and Muawya Hussein. Conclusion. 16.
Environmental Sustainability and Solutions; Robert Dibie.