Kenneth A Dahlberg, Marvin S Soroos, Anne Thompson Feraru, James E Harf, B Thomas Trout

Environment in the Global Arena

Actors, Values, Policies, and Futures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volumes in the Global Issues series address the problems of energy and environment as matters of international concern, and a forthcoming volume provides an overview of all these areas. The issues in the series are each considered within a systematic framework common to all. Each volume begins with a historical background and then the issues are placed in their contemporary context. Four distinct perspectives are presented: (1) Who are the "global actors" involved in the issue, and what are the linkages among them? (2) What prevailing values are operating, and how have the relevant actors responded to those values? (3) What policies are applied by these actors at the global level, and how are these policies determined? (4) What are the possible results of the values and policies of these global actors?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 207
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 1985
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822306214
• ISBN-10: 0822306212
• Artikelnr.: 42994214

Autorenporträt

Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Marvin S. Soroos, Anne Thompson Feraru, James E. Harf, and B. Thomas Trout

Inhaltsangabe

Series Preface ix
Preface xiii
1. Environment as a Global Issue - Kenneth A. Dahlberg 1
What Is the Environment? 1
Key Concepts 2
Cultural and Historical Roots 6
Problems of Evaluation and Forecasting 18
Global Environmental Threats and Limits 25
Responses to Global Environmental Threats 39
2. Environmental Actors - Anne Thompson Feraru 43
Types of Environmental Actors 44
Environmental Actors and the Stockholm Conference 54
The New Environmental Actor: The UN Environmental Program 57
UN Conference on Global Issues 60
3. Environmental Values - Marvin S. Soroos 68
Basic Environmental Values 70
Peace and the Environment 78
Economic Development and the Environment 81
Summary 85
4. Environmental Policies - Marvin S. Soroos 86
The Tragedy of the Commons 86
Case Study 1: Living Resources of the Ocean 93
Case Study 2: The Extinction of Terrestrial Species 98
Case Study 3: Oil Pollution in the Oceans 103
Case Study 4: Transboundary Acid Rain 109
Summary and Conclusions 113
5. The Futures of the Environment - Marvin s. Soroos 116
Envisioning the Future 116
Global Environmental Forecasts 120
Global Environmental Designs 126
Summary and Conclusions 138
6. The Environmental Issues Revisited - James E. Harf and B. Thomas Trout
141
Why Is It Happening? 141
The Last Decade 144
UNEP Today 161
Conclusion 163
Notes 165
Bibliography 172
Index 183
Contributors 187