Environmental Policy and NEPA: Past, Present, and Future

by E. Ray Clark (Editor), Larry W. Canter (Editor)

Overview

Environmental Policy and NEPA is a concise study of environmental policy-where we have come from, what we are facing and where we can go in the future. An outgrowth of initiatives taken by the Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ), and edited by the current Associate Director, this publication studies the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Divided into three main sections, part one covers the historical background and trends of NEPA. Part two addresses current substantive and conceptual issues associated with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process. Part three discusses future opportunities including impact on humans, effective public participation in the EIA process and the need for sustainability.
This excellent reference brings together 28 contributing authors who combine their expertise to address a multitude of topics. Environmental Policy and NEPA is mandatory reading for the professional, researcher, government policymaker, activist, student or anyone looking for a complete presentation of the EIA process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574440720
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

E. Ray Clark, Larry W. Canter

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Historical Roots of NEPAChapter 2: NEPA: The Rational Approach to ChangeChapter 3: Implementing NEPA: A Non-Technical Political TaskChapter 4: The Rationality and Logic of NEPA RevisitedChapter 5: Basic Purposes and Policies of the NEPA RegulationsChapter 6: The Unfinished Business of National Environmental PolicyChapter 7: What Has NEPA Wrought Abroad?Chapter 8: Cumulative Effects and Other Analytical Challenges of NEPAChapter 9: Can NEPA Prevent Ecological Train Wrecks?Chapter 10: The Case for Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Management Under NEPAChapter 11: Highlights of NEPA in the CourtsChapter 12: The CEQ NEPA Effectiveness Study: Learning From Our Past and Shaping Our FutureChapter 13: Increasing the Efficiency and Effectiveness of NEPA Through the Use of TechnologyChapter 14: Putting People in the Environment: Principles of Social Impact AssessmentChapter 15: The Missing Link: Effects on Communities, Neighborhoods and IndividualsChapter 16: Public Involvement Under NEPA: Trends and OpportunitiesChapter 17: Alternative Dispute Resolution in the NEPA ProcessChapter 18: Creating a User-Friendly NEPAChapter 19: NEPA and Tribal MattersChapter 20: The Role of NEPA in Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 21: NEPA's Interdisciplinary Mandate: Redirection for SustainabilityChapter 22: Environmental Policy and NEPA: Future Directions

Editorial Reviews

"this book offers a great deal of information and insight regarding the way the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) works, or fails to work, or does not work as well as it should...presents a variety of viewpoints from people who bring different kinds of experience to their analysis, including six academicians and eight federal government agency workers...useful as a text or to supplement upper-division or graduate level courses in environmental policy...Those who teach NEPA or deal with it in their writings should be sure to become familiar with the volume."-Dean B. Suagee, First Nations Environmental Law Program, Vermont Law School

From the Publisher

A retrospective and prospective synthesis of the effects that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has had on environmental policy and government decision making since it became law in 1970. Twenty-two chapters discuss the development of NEPA; regulations promulgated because of NEPA; unfinished business in terms of environmental management; current issues, methodologies and court cases associated with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process; and future concerns, such as the incorporation of sustainability considerations in the EIA process. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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