Environmental politics and policy in the West
By: edited by Zachary A. Smith and John C. Freemuth.
Contributors: Smith, Zachary A. 1953-; Freemuth, John C.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780870818813
Subjects: Environmental policy -- West (U.S.)
Description: Top scholars explicate the natural resource issues and unique policy history of the American West in this new edition of Environmental Politics and Policy in the West, which was first published in 1993. This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive and current survey. Contributors address the policy process as it affects western states, how bureaucracy and politics shape environmental dialogues in the West, how western states innovate environmental policies independently of Washington, and how and when science is involved (or ignored) in management of the West's federal lands. Experts in individual resource areas explore multifaceted issues such as the politics of dam removal and restoration, wildlife resource concerns, suburban sprawl and smart growth, the management of hard-rock mining, and the allocation of the West's tightly limited water resources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The policy process and the American west: an environmental perspective / Leslie R. Alm; title: Bureaucracy, politics, and environmental policy in the American west / Matthew A. Cahn, Sheldon Kamieniecki, and Denise McCain-Tharnstrom; title: Innovation in state environmental policy: a view from the West / Robert V. Bartlett, Walter F. Baber, and Carolyn D. Baber; title: Science, politics, and federal lands / R. McGreggor Cawley and John Freemuth; title: The politics of dam removal and river restoration / Daniel McCool; title: Wildlife resource policy issues in the West / William R. Mangun; title: The politics of hard-rock mining in the American west / Charles Davis and Sandra Davis; title: Suburban sprawl and smart growth in the West / Matt Lindstrom and Hugh Bartling; title: Water policy in the Western United States: historical and contextual perspectives / Jaina L. Moan and Zachary A. Smith; title: Contributors; title: Index.