PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The entire range of activities carried out by international organisations is heavily dependent on comparative policy analysis. This is the case for the environment as much as, or perhaps even more than, for other policy fields. And it is the case …

MOVING TO MARKETS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: LESSONS FROM TWENTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE  Over the last decade, market-based incentives have become the regulatory tool of choice when trying to solve difficult environmental problems. They are widely viewed as more efficient than traditional command and control regulation. This collection of essays takes …

THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON DEFORESTATION: A CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE Abstract: We hypothesized that corruption could contribute to deforestation. The present study, therefore, try to identify such a relation between corruption and deforestation. By using three different corruption indices, we found a statistically significant strong positive relation between corruption and deforestation …

THE EFFECT OF POLLUTION LIMITS AND POLLUTERS’ EFFORTS TO COMPLY: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT Abstract This is the first chapter of a book published in 2011 by Stanford University Press that examines empirically compliance with regulatory obligations under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In particular, it examines …

DIRTY, SACRED RIVERS: CONFRONTING SOUTH ASIA’S WATER CRISIS Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia’s increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal. The book shows how rivers, traditionally revered by the people of the Indian subcontinent, …

THE EFFECT OF DUMPING IN DIXIE: RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTRODUCTION To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in …

THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS CHALLENGES TO TRASH INCINERATORS IN NIGERIA When first proposed in this country during the 1970s, waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators appeared to be ideal solutions to the growing mounds of trash in our “throw-away” society. Promising to convert useless garbage into electricity while saving precious landfill space, trash …

PLANNING FOR EX-LANDFILL REDEVELOPMENT: ASSESSING WHAT COMMUNITY HAVE IN MIND Malaysia, a fast growing developing country is now facing the issue of inadequate urban spaces for futuredevelopment, which leads to the need to redevelop the brownfield, particularly ex-landfills. A total of 296ex-landfills have been planned to undergo redevelopment by the …

FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: THE COEVOLUTION OF SCIENCE AND POLICY A unique view of the development of evenironmental policy in the United States and abroad. An original account of how conservation has been implemented around the world, but especially in Asia and Africa An impressive review of forest and range …

SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO ECOLOGICAL ISSUES Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Individuals, Societies, and Pragmatic Environmentalism Part I : Living in a Material World 2. Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isn’t Better 3. Waste: Our Sinks Are Almost Sunk 4. Biodiversity: Society Wouldn’t Exist Without It …