Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks: Comparative History of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion and Acid Rain v. 1

This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions
applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It
looks at how ideas, interests, and institutions affect management practice; how management
capabilities in other areas affect the ability to deal with specific environmental issues; and how
learning affects society's approach to the global environment.The book focuses on efforts to deal
with climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain from 1957 (The International Geophysical Year)
through 1992 (the UN Conference on Environment and Development). The settings include Canada,
Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the
United States, and international environmental organizations. Topics include problem framing, agenda
setting, issue attention, risk assessment, monitoring, option assessment, goal and strategy
formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Volume 1 provides an overview of the project, of global
environmental management in general, and of the three central environmental issues studied; it also
contains the individual country studies. Volume 2 contains the management function studies and the
book's conclusion.Authors in the set include: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, William C. Clark, Ellis
Cowling, Nancy M. Dickson, Gerda Dinkelman, Rodney Dobell, Renate Ell, Adam Fenech, Alexander
Ginzburg, Elena Goncharova, Peter Haas, Eva Hizsnyik, Michael Huber, Peter Hughes, Jill Jäger, Marc
Levy, Angela Liberatore, Diana Liverman, Justin Longo, David McCabe, Donald Munton, Elena Nikitina,
Karen O'Brien, Edward Parson, Vladimir Pisarev, Ruud Pleune, Miranda Schreurs, Simon Shackley, Peter
Simmons, Heather Smith, Vassily Sokolov, Ferenc L. Tóth, Jeroen van der Sluijs, Josee van
Eijndhoven, Claire Waterton, Cor Worrell, and Brian Wynne.More information is available from the SLG
web site.