Environmental Policy and Public Health
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Environmental Policy and Public Health

Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness

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eBook - ePub

Environmental Policy and Public Health

Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness

About this book

This textbook provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, past and present, and explains the interplay among law, science, and advocacy as related to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.

Environmental Policy and Public Health examines the main sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity and explores the consequences of pollution on the environment and the population. Throughout the book, noted environmental policy expert William N. Rom explains the legal basis for environmental action, beginning with the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties. In addition to providing information about existing laws, the author presents potential policy alternatives that offer real-world solutions.

Comprehensive in scope, the book incorporates developments in law, economics, global warming, and air pollution. Environmental Policy and Public Health covers these topics and also puts an emphasis on wilderness protection. An important focus of the book is an assessment of the role of policy analysis in the formation and implementation of national and local environmental policy.

Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/rom

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Information

Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780470593431
eBook ISBN
9781118095669
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Occupational & Industrial Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Figures and Table
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. The Author
  10. The Contributors
  11. Chapter 1: The Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act
  12. Chapter 2: Particulate Matter
  13. Chapter 3: Ozone
  14. Chapter 4: Sulfur Dioxide and Acid Rain
  15. Chapter 5: Environmental Tobacco Smoke
  16. Chapter 6: Children's Environmental Health: Mercury and Lead
  17. Chapter 7: The Role of Community Advocacy Groups in Environmental Protection: Example of September 11, 2001
  18. Chapter 8: The Medical Response to an Environmental Disaster: Lessons from the World Trade Center Attacks
  19. Chapter 9: Chlorofluorocarbons and the Development of the Ozone Hole
  20. Chapter 10: Global Warming Science and Consequences
  21. Chapter 11: National Green Energy Plan
  22. Chapter 12: Climate Change Policy Options
  23. Chapter 13: Environmental Policy and the Land: Wilderness Preservation
  24. Chapter 14: Environmental Policy and Advocacy Groups: The Wilderness Society: A Case Study
  25. Chapter 15: Alaska: America's Wilderness Frontier: A Case Study
  26. Chapter 16: The Clean Water Act and Water Ecosystems
  27. Chapter 17: Toxic Chemicals in the Environment: Government Regulations and Public Health
  28. Notes
  29. Index
  30. End User License Agreement