Institutions in Environmental Management (Electronic book text)

Institutions in Environmental Management explores the complexities of solving contemporary environmental problems within existing institutions, questions guidelines set out in recent influential policy reports, and suggests new agendas for sustainability, industrial ecology, and institutional reform. Including case studies from the USA, Europe and China, this book investigates a wide range of environmental problems presently confronting experts worldwide. Examining influential reports such as the Bruntland Commission's report and Agenda 21 set out at Rio, the author argues that long-term environmental concerns have been excluded from virtually all recent policy considerations and essential institutional reform is now needed to allow environmental experts and policy makers the autonomy to act upon what they believe to be sustainable environmental management.