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ISBN 10:      1351584766
ISBN 13: 978-1351584760
Author:      Aparajita Banerjee, Chelsea Schelly

Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability 1st Table of contents:

PART I: Water, Water Management, and Adaptation to Changing Water Landscapes

1. Nutrient Trading Credits: Best Management Practices and Policy Hurdles for Non-Point Source Polluters in the Chesapeake Bay

• The Chesapeake Bay and Nutrient Trading Credits
• Nutrient Trading Credits and State Implementation
• Biochar and Its Potential Role in Decreasing Nutrient Leaching
• Biochar Potential to Enter Carbon Offset Markets through Processors
• Policy Opportunities to Encourage Processors to Enter Carbon Trading Schemes
• Conclusion
• References

2. Water Management in the Upper Klamath Basin: Collaboration and Polarization

• Drought, Fish, and a Water Crisis
• Parched for a Voice
• The Pendulum Shifts
• A Way Forward?
• Back and Forth
• The Energy-Water-Food Nexus
• KBRA Dissolves
• Conclusion
• References

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

• Case Study Background
• Pilot Project Overview
• Methodology
• Findings
  • Lack of Clarity and Consensus on Objectives and Outcomes
  • Creating Mechanisms and Processes for Relationship Building
  • Mixed Success
  • Other Perceived Challenges
• Summary
• Lessons Learned
• References

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PART II: Land Management and Land Use

4. US Public Lands and a New Administration: New and Old Issues

• Federal Public Lands: Reform
• A Policy Case: The Antiquities Act
  • The Antiquities Act in History
  • Current Issues
  • Boundary Changes
• Conclusion
• References

5. Perceptions of Contentiousness: How Individual Traits Shape Environmental Policy Conflicts

• Case Setting: Hydraulic Fracturing
• Data Collection
• Results
• Respondent Belief Structures
• Conclusion
• References

6. Solid Waste Governance: Consumption and Culture in the Globalization Era

• Globalization and Consumption
• Policy Context
• Description of the Study Areas
• Research Methods
• Results: Consumption, Culture, and Environmental Education
  • Consumption Patterns
  • The Culture of Waste Disposal
• Conclusions
• References

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PART III: Human Health and Well-being

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 Communities

• Background
• The EPA OCR and Complaints Process
• Case Study of OCR Handling of Environmental Racism: Flint, Michigan
• Analysis of the Issue
• Conclusion
• References

8. The Power of the Talking Points: Persuasive Power and the Challenges of Sustainable Natural Resource Development

• Conceptualizing Power and Law
• Acquiring Rights for Oil and Gas Resources
• Persuasive Power as Setting the Limits of the Conversational Field
• Persuasive Power through Appeal to Reason and Values
• Persuasive Power through Implied Sovereign Legitimation
• Persuasive Power and the Challenge for Communities
• Addressing Persuasive Power
• Conclusion
• References

9. Social and Political Inequality as Challenges in Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Government-Funded Improved Cookstove Program in Rural Mexico

• Unpacking Inequality and Social Dominance Theory
• Improved Cookstove Programs Worldwide
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References

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PART IV: Resilience

10. The Role of Voluntary Agreements in a Hybrid Model of Environmental Law Enforcement

• Differences between Deterrence-Based and Cooperation-Based Approaches
• Motivations: Calculated vs. Normative/Social
• Strategies of Enforcement: Formalistic/Deterrence-Based vs. Facilitative/Cooperation-Based
• Methods of Enforcement
• Reality: A Hybrid Model of Enforcement
• Role of Voluntary Agreements in a Hybrid Model of Enforcement
• Implications
  • Implications for Compliance Behaviors
  • Implications for Regulatory Behaviors
• Conclusion
• References

11. Institutional Barriers to Managing Dynamic Landscapes: Lessons Learned in Southwestern Colorado

• Background and Study Approach
• Action Steps:
  • Select Landscapes or Adaptation Targets
  • Develop Climate Scenarios
  • Conduct Interviews
  • Develop Ecological Response Models
  • Develop Narrative Scenarios
  • Conduct Focus Groups and Workshops to Respond to Narrative Scenarios
  • Develop Social-Ecological Models
  • Develop Strategies and Actions
  • Identify Barriers to Developing and Implementing Adaptation Strategies
  • Evaluate Strategies, Develop Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (In Progress)
• Analysis of Barriers
  • Uncertainty about Climate Change Impacts
  • Agency Capacity
  • Decision-Making Processes
  • Knowledge Barriers
  • Public Skepticism about the Need for Climate Adaptation
• Discussion and Conclusions
• References

12. The Long Road to Sustainability of Mexican Oil Palm Production

• Oil Palm Production in Mexico
• Policies Promoting Oil Palm Expansion
• Third-Party Certification and International Sustainability Initiatives
• Civil Society’s Involvement in Sustainable Oil Palm Production
• The Case of Tabasco, Mexico’s Oil Palm Plantations
• Discussion
• Possibilities for Sustainable Oil Palm Production in Mexico
• Conclusion
• References

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Conclusion: Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Just Sustainability

• Issues of Scale Mismatch
• Issues of Policy Silos
• Issues of Social Justice
• Issues of Lacking Leadership
• Conclusion: Pursuing Just Sustainability through Environmental Policy
• References

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