Environmental governance encompasses our relations to nature, spanning institutions and policies in fields such as biodiversity loss, climate change, land use and pollution. This book offers tools for the study of environmental conflicts, analyzes the current status of environmental policies and discusses why we are so far from resolving many of the issues we face. It also offers alternative directions for future environmental governance.Key features include:an interdisciplinary and integrated approachan overview of the field of environmental governancea focus both on local and global challenges and policiesthe positioning of environmental governance within the wider field of economic policy and development.This book will be ideal for interdisciplinary masters programs in environmental studies and environmental policy and management. It will also be of great value to practitioners in the field exploring alternative solutions for governance of environmental resources.
Arild Vatn, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Contents: 1. Introduction PART I: HUMAN ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2. The Environment 3. The Environment – An Arena for Conflict and Coordination PART II: THE THEORY OF INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN ACTION 4. What are Institutions? 5. Theories of Motivation and Human Action PART III: THE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 6. A Framework for Analyzing Environmental Governance Systems 7. Evaluating and Changing Governance Structures PART IV: MARKETS AND GOVERNANCE 8. The Market 9. A Brief History of Markets and T heir Actors PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE 10. The Policy Process 11. Evaluating What is Better to Do 12. Policy Instruments – Institutions for Environmental Governance 13. The Turn to the Market 14. Environmental Governance – The Need for New Institutions Index
'With Environmental Governance Arild Vatn succeeds in building a bridge between textbook, reference work and an original contribution to public debate. The various uses find support through the index and clear structure. The book is thus unconditionally recommended to every interested institutional and ecological economist. In addition, readers with other disciplinary backgrounds will find an easily accessible work that deals with socio-ecological and governance research.'