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Dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance
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This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organiz...
This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet. It challenges those who are concerned with the management of our planet and its inhabitants to understand and accept a vocabulary common to the often-opposing objectives s
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- Creator
- Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck
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- Dictionary & introduction to global environmental governance
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- English
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- 2nd ed
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (474 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1136568069, 1844077519, 1282101102, 9781844077519, 9786612101106, 9781844077502, 1844077500, 6000013833, 1849771006, 1136568050
- OCLC
- ocn320907157, ocn299382128, ocn466434676
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Front Cover; Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Biographies; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword; Introduction; Part One: Global Environmental Governance: An Essay; Global Environmental Governance: An Essay; Part Two: A Dictionary of Selected Terms, Concepts, Jargon, Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Global Environmental Governance; Sources Used to Develop the Dictionary and List of Acronyms; Dictionary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Water - A Thematic Case Study in GEG
- Appendix 2: Selected Intergovernmental Environmental AgreementsAppendix 3: Principles and Values of Global Environmental Governance; Appendix 4: Major Civil Society Alternative Agreements; Appendix 5: Documenting Governance; Appendix 6: Random Definitions
Subjects
- Environmental responsibility -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
- Environmental policy -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
- Globalization -- Environmental aspects -- Dictionaries.
- Environmental management -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
- Sustainable development -- Government policy -- Dictionaries.