Toward Sustainable Communities
Subtitle: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
Contributors: Daniel A. Mazmanian (Editor); Michael E. Kraft (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: December 24, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780262631945
Subjects: Central government policies; Sustainability; Political Science; Environmental Studies; Sociology; USA; Development - Sustainable Development; Environmental Science; Public Policy - General; Science / Environmental Science; Development - Economic Development; Environmental policy; Sustainable development; United States
First sentence: In the short three decades since the onset of the modern environmental movement, an enormous amount has been learned about the capacity and limits of government's ability to direct economic activity, affect human values and behavior, and create a more livable and sustainable world.