Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability

Chelsea Schelly is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and the Environmental and Energy Policy graduate program at Michigan Technological University, USA. Aparajita Banerjee recently completed her PhD in Environmental and Energy Policy from Michigan Technological University, USA.

• Introduction: When One Size Does Not Fit All: Environmental Policy, Social Context, and Social JusticeAparajita Banerjee and Chelsea Schelly PART 1: Water, Water Management, and Adaptation to Changing Water Landscapes Chapter 1: Nutrient Trading Credits: Best Management Practices and Policy Hurdles for Non-Point Source Polluters in the Chesapeake BayM. Dawn King Chapter 2: Water Management in the Upper Klamath Basin: Collaboration and PolarizationPatricia Snyder Chapter 3: Toward a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Community Approach for Regional Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: Lessons Learned from the Hampton Roads Intergovernmental Pilot Project Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Michelle Covi, Carol Considine, Burton St. John III, Meagan M. Jordan, and J. Gail NiculaPART 2: Land Management and Land Use Chapter 4: U.S. Public Lands and a New Administration: New and Old IssuesJohn FreemuthChapter 5: Perceptions of Contentiousness: How Individual Traits Shape Environmental Policy Conflicts Kristin OlofssonChapter 6: Solid Waste Governance: Consumption and Culture in the Globalization EraBeatriz Adriana Venegas SahagunPART 3: Human Health and Well-Being Chapter 7: Where is the Justice? An Examination of the Failure of the US EPA Office of Civil Rights to Ensure Environmental Justice for Poor and Minority CommunitiesAmelie SimonsChapter 8: The Power of the Talking Points: Persuasive Power and the Challenges of Sustainable Natural Resource DevelopmentAmanda Kreuze, Roman Sidortsov, and Chelsea SchellyChapter 9: Social and Political Inequality as Challenges in Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Government-Funded Improved Cookstove Program in Rural MexicoAparajita Banerjee and Chelsea SchellyPART 4: Resilience Chapter 10: The Role of Voluntary Agreements in a Hybrid Model of Environmental Law EnforcementJoice ChangChapter 11: Institutional Barriers to Managing Dynamic Landscapes: Lessons Learned in Southwestern ColoradoNina Burkardt and Patricia OrthChapter 12: The Long Road to Sustainability of Mexican Oil Palm Production Erin C. Pischke Conclusion: Environmental Policy and Pursuit of Just Sustainability Chelsea Schelly and Aparajita Banerjee