Ecology and Environmental Ethics
Subtitle: Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks (Applied Legal Philosophy) (Applied Legal Philosophy) (Applied Legal Philosophy)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Ashgate Pub Ltd
Published: October 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780754623922
Subjects: Property, real estate, land & tenancy law; Pollution; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; Right of property; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Land use; Environmental; Law and legislation; United States
First sentence: As we step beyond the thirtieth anniversary of the environmental movement, we can survey the successes and failures of policies devised to remediate centuries of abuse of our fragile planet.
Description: "This book reconsiders some of the politics devised to remedy centuries of abuse of the planet. It acknowledges the advances made using technological standards to effect pollution control as well as rudimentary systems that regulate use of land at the local level. However, as the author observes, these systems have limitations in solving vexing problems such as sprawl and non-point source pollution, as the cost of their use can easily outweigh the benefits. He suggests a system, termed 'Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks', that provides the necessary theoretical and historical bases to bridge the gap between the potentials of each system. Using objective criteria based on science, this system is tied to a land ownership system that also takes into account societal concerns at a broader level."--BOOK JACKET.