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020			_a9781316343326 (ebook) :
040			_aMAIN
041			_aENG
082			_a344.046
245			_aWhy Environmental Policies Fail _c[electronic resource] / _hby Jan Laitos.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (215 p.)
500			_aTable of contents: Part I. Nature: Humans and their Environmental Surroundings Part II. A History and Assessment of Environmental Policies Part III. Why Environmental Policies Fail I: Faulty Assumptions behind Environmental Rules Part IV. Why Environmental Policies Fail II: A Critique of Existing and Proposed Strategies Part V. Environmental Policy Must Obey the Fundamental Laws of Nature
504			_aIncludes epilogue and index.
520			_a"Proposing environmental policy which is consistent with the laws of nature, this book is for those who are not just interested in the ways humans have harmfully altered their environment, but instead wish to learn why the many governmental policies in place to curb such behaviour have been unsuccessful. Since humans began to exploit natural resources for their own economic ends, we have ignored a central principle - nature and humans are not separate but are a unified interconnected system, where neither is superior to the other. Policy must reflect this reality. We failed to follow this principle in exploiting natural capital without expecting to pay any price and in hurriedly adopting environmental laws and policies that reflected how we wanted nature to work, instead of how it does work. This study relies on more accurate models for how nature works and humans behave"
650			_aLaw.
650			_aEnvironmental Law.
856			_3Cambridge core online _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316343326
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