Environmental Concepts, Policies, and Strategies

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John Rose
CRC Press, 1991 - Nature - 244 pages
This compilation of 20 papers published in the International journal of environmental studies in the last three years shows results obtained from surveys into the economic, social and political background of environmental decisions and planning. These results encompass a wide range of topics relevant to the study of the environment. The main areas under discussion are politics, control strategies, determinism, rural planning and styles of environmental and agricultural strategies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Part 2 PCBs in the 1980s
13
The Case
33
Theory and PracticeA
49
Part 1
63
Part 2
77
Some Unperceived Problems
91
Prioritysetting Strategies for Airborne Toxic Chemicals
125
Nominalism Realism and Planning in a Changing Community
143
Determinism Idealism and the Politics of EnvironmentalismA
163
A Case Study
185
An Expert System Approach to Environmental Impact Assessment
199
What Can Environmentalists
215
Stability and Sustainability of Modern Chemical FarmingA
237
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