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Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy

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Editors:
  1. John Lemons

    1. Department of Life Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, USA

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  2. Donald A. Brown

    1. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Hazardous Sites and Superfund Enforcement, Harrisburg, USA

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Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Technology Library (ENST, volume 3)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Donald A. Brown, John Lemons
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Role of Science in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking

    • John Lemons, Donald A. Brown
    Pages 11-38

  4. The Role of Ethics In Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking

    • Donald A. Brown
    Pages 39-51

  5. The Role of Economics in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

    • Donald A. Brown
    Pages 52-63

  6. The Role of Law in Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Decisionmaking

    • Donald A. Brown
    Pages 64-76

  7. Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

    • John Lemons, Pamela Morgan
    Pages 77-109

  8. Climate Change and Sustainable Development

    • John Lemons, Rudolf Heredia, Dale Jamieson, Clive Spash
    Pages 110-157

  9. Protection of Marine and Freshwater Resources

    • Larry Canter, Konrad Ott, Donald A. Brown
    Pages 158-214

  10. Toxic Substances and Agenda 21: Ethical and Policy Issues in the Science and Its Implementation

    • Carl F. Cranor
    Pages 215-253

  11. Nuclear Waste and Agenda 21

    • Kristin Shrader-Frechette
    Pages 254-274

  12. Summary of the Scientific, Ethical, and Public Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Development

    • John Lemons, Donald A. Brown
    Pages 275-278

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 279-283
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Of all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable development, particularly in respect to the recommendations contained in Agenda 21. Specifically, the book examines the role, capabilities, and certain strengths and weaknesses of these disciplines and their ethical implications in the context of sustainable development problems. Such an analysis is necessary to determine whether sustainable development problems create important new challenges and problems for government so that, where appropriate, new tools or approaches may be designed to overcome limitations or take advantage of the strengths of current scientific, economic and legal capabilities.
Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper level text or reference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Life Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, USA

    John Lemons

  • Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Hazardous Sites and Superfund Enforcement, Harrisburg, USA

    Donald A. Brown

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