Industrial Transformation
Subtitle: Environmental Policy Innovation in the United States and Europe
Contributors: Theo deBruijn (Editor); Vicki Norberg-Bohm (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: July 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780262042284
Subjects: The Environment; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Environmental Science; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Congresses; Environmental aspects; Environmental policy; Europe; Industries; United States
First sentence: When environmental degradation emerged as a priority for government action in the early 1970s, most industrialized countries enacted media-specific legislation based on direct regulation that resulted in a set of ambient, emission, and technology standards that were enforced through permitting systems.