Environmental principles and policies : an interdisciplinary introduction / Sharon Beder.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-296) and index.
Policies
Part I. Environmental Protection Principles
1. The Sustainability Principle
Limits to growth
Sustainability in the 1980s
Carrying capacity
Ecological footprint
Continuing debate
2. The Polluter Pays Principle
Functions of the polluter pays principle
Liability
Extended producer responsibility
3. The Precautionary Principle
Shifting the burden of proof
Nature of the precautionary principle
Threat to desired level of protection
Scientific uncertainty
Measures to be taken
Legislation
Part II. Social Principles and Environmental Protection
4. The Equity Principle
Intragenerational equity
Intergenerational equity
What should be sustained?
5. Human Rights Principles
Role of environmental protection
Environmental human rights
6. The Participation Principle
The right to know
Public participation
Part III. Economic Methods of Environmental Valuation
7. Measuring Environmental Value
National accounts
Cost-benefit analysis
Environmental valuation in practice
8. Is Monetary Valuation Principled?
The participation principle
The equity principle
Human rights principles
The sustainability principle
The precautionary principle
Part IV. Economic Instruments for Pollution Control
9. Prices and Pollution Rights
Price-based measures
Tradeable pollution rights
Global warming measures
10. The Sustainability Principle and Economic Instruments
Setting the baseline or cap
Phoney reductions
Monitoring and enforcement
Perpetuating bad practices
11. The Polluter Pays and Precautionary Principles Applied
The polluter pays principle
12. Rights, Equity and Participation Principles Applied
Part V. Markets for Conservation
13. Quotas, Trades, Offsets and Banks
Tradeable fishing rights
Water trading
Salinity trading and offsets
Mitigation banking
14. The Sustainability Principle and Conservation Markets
Fisheries trading
Water allowance trading
15. The Equity, Participation and Precautionary Principles Applied
The equity principle and tradeable fishing quotas
The equity principle and water trading
16. Conclusion.
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