Environmental Governance

by James Evans, Craig Thomas

Overview

This book discusses the first principles of governance, and provides a critical overview of the theories and approaches that underpin policy and practice today. It shows how network and market governance shaped current approaches to environmental issues, and introduces approaches such as transition management and adaptive governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032369679
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/2023
Series:	Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Evans is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK. His work investigates how cities learn to become smarter and more sustainable. Over the past 20 years he has worked with over 200 organizations around the world to create more collaborative ways of working toward sustainability. He has led the University’s involvement in major research projects to develop smart and more sustainable cities that have attracted more than £50m of research and innovation funding.

Craig Thomas is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester. His research and teaching focus on environmental governance and sustainability. Working on solutions to the climate crisis, he has examined anti-fracking activism, urban carbon reduction and ways to make space missions more sustainable. Craig is a scholar activist, working beyond academia to explore ways that the University can make a difference to the social and economic wellbeing of neighboring communities.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Governing the Environment 3. Institutions, Rules and Actors 4. Global Governance 5. Networks 6. Markets 7. Transition Management 8. Adaptive Governance 9. Participation and Politics 10. Conclusions

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"J.P. Evans has written a first-class introduction to environmental governance that locates the subject clearly against the background of wider debates about the state, markets, and social actors. It should be an invaluable help to students interested in understanding the broader context of environmental policy, and how different actors work to make it happen at the global and other levels." Tim Forsyth, Reader in Environment and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

"I am grateful to finally have an accessible reader that introduces students to the phenomenon of Environmental Governance that offers them a means to see, understand, and begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the West’s ongoing transition from environmental management by governments to environmental governance by multiple actors. The book covers a surprisingly broad range of experiences, mechanisms, and even ways of framing environmental governance. With examples drawn from around the globe, this text should easily find a home in environmental politics and governance courses around the world." Ben Bradshaw, Associate Professor of Geography and Coordinator of the Environmental Governance Program, University of Guelph, Canada.

Editorial Reviews

"J.P. Evans has written a first-class introduction to environmental governance that locates the subject clearly against the background of wider debates about the state, markets, and social actors. It should be an invaluable help to students interested in understanding the broader context of environmental policy, and how different actors work to make it happen at the global and other levels." Tim Forsyth, Reader in Environment and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

"I am grateful to finally have an accessible reader that introduces students to the phenomenon of Environmental Governance that offers them a means to see, understand, and begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the West’s ongoing transition from environmental management by governments to environmental governance by multiple actors. The book covers a surprisingly broad range of experiences, mechanisms, and even ways of framing environmental governance. With examples drawn from around the globe, this text should easily find a home in environmental politics and governance courses around the world." Ben Bradshaw, Associate Professor of Geography and Coordinator of the Environmental Governance Program, University of Guelph, Canada.

From the Publisher