Elizabeth R. DeSombre examine les liens complexes entre les processus mondiaux et leurs conséquences locales, en particulier concernant les réglementations environnementales, de sécurité et du travail. Ses travaux approfondissent la manière dont les normes internationales sont établies et comment elles influencent la vie quotidienne et les systèmes écologiques dans le monde entier. Par ses recherches universitaires et son rôle de leadership, elle cherche à éclairer l'interaction complexe entre les forces économiques, les structures politiques et les préoccupations environnementales dans notre monde interconnecté. Son travail fournit des aperçus critiques sur les mécanismes qui façonnent les dynamiques mondiales contemporaines.
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.