Environmental law, policy, and economics : reclaiming the environmental agenda
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Nicholas Askounes Ashford; Charles C Caldart
- ناشر : Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780262012386
Description
The nature and origins of evironmental contamination -- Nature and assessment of the harm -- Economics and the environment -- Addressing pollution through the tort system -- Administrative law: the roles of Congress, the president, the agencies, and the courts in shaping environmental policy -- The Clean Air Act and the regulation of stationary sources -- The regulation of mobile sources under the Clean Air Act -- Protection of surface waters, wetlands, and drinking water: the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act -- Regulation of hazardous wastes: RCRA, CERCLA, and hazardous waste facility siting -- The right to know: mandatory disclosure of information regarding chemical risks -- Enforcement: encouraging compliance with environmental statutes -- Alternative forms of government intervention to promote pollution reduction -- Policies to promote pollution prevention and inherent safety -- Epilogue -- beyond pollution control and prevention: sustainable development.
Traces important legal, economic, and scientific developments in the environmental field through an examination of environmental law cases and commentaries by leading scholars, focusing on pollution prevention and control and emphasizing the evaluation, design, and use of the law to stimulate technological change and industrial transformation.
