Environmental policy and the pursuit of sustainability / [edited by] Chelsea Schelly, Aparajita Banerjee.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Aparajita Banerjee and Chelsea Schelly -- Nutrient trading credits / M. Dawn King -- Water management in the Upper Klamath Basin / Patricia Snyder -- Toward a whole-of-government and whole-of-community approach for regional adaptation to sea level rise / Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Michelle Covi, Carol Considine, Burton St. John III, Meagan M. Jordan, and J. Gail Nicula -- U.S. public lands and a new administration / John Freemuth -- Perceptions of contentiousness / Kristin Olofsson -- Solid waste governance / Beatriz Adriana Venegas Sahagun -- Where is the justice? / Amelie Simons -- The Power of the talking points / Amanda Kreuze, Roman Sidortsov, and Chelsea Schelly -- Social and political inequality as challenges in technology diffusion / Aparajita Banerjee and Chelsea Schelly -- The role of voluntary agreements in a hybrid model of environmental law enforcement / Joice Chang -- Institutional barriers to managing dynamic landscapes / Nina Burkardt and Patricia Orth -- The Long road to sustainability of Mexican Oil Palm Production / Erin C. Pischke -- Conclusion / Chelsea Schelly and Aparajita Banerjee.

"It is increasingly apparent that human activities are not suitable for sustaining a healthy global environment. From energy development to resource extraction to use of land and water, humans are having a devastating effect on the earth's ability to sustain human societies and quality lives. Many approaches to changing the negative environmental consequences of human activities focus on one of two options, emphasizing either technological fixes or individual behavior change to reduce environmental harms through sustainable consumption habits. This book takes a different approach, focusing on the role of environmental policy in shaping the possibilities for and creating hindrances to pursuing more sustainable use of environmental resources. This unique compilation examines environmental policy through empirical case studies, demonstrating through each particular example how environmental policies are formed, how they operate, what they do in terms of shaping behaviors and future trajectories, and how they intersect with other social dynamics such as politics, power, social norms, and social organization. By providing case studies from both the United States and Mexico, this book provides a cross-national perspective on current environmental policies and their role in creating, and limiting sustainable human futures. Organized around four key parts- Water; Land; Health and Wellbeing; and Resilience- and with a central theme of environmental justice and equity, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental policy and sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.