Environmental Principles and Policies

Book by Sharon Beder

978-1-84407-404-4OCLC70232360

Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a textbook written by Professor Sharon Beder. The book examines six environmental and social principles that have been used at the international and national level. It uses them to evaluate the new wave of market-based policy instruments that have been introduced in many countries.^{[citation needed]}

Six principles

The six principles discussed in the book are:

the sustainability principle
the polluter pays principle
the precautionary principle
the equity principle
the human rights principles
the participation principle^{[citation needed]}

Interdisciplinary approach

This book on environmental policy-making takes a critical and interdisciplinary approach. Rather than merely setting out policy options in a descriptive way, it evaluates policies from different perspectives. This enables readers to gain a thorough understanding of important principles and current policies, and also to be able to apply the various principles and critically evaluate them.^{[citation needed]}

The author

Professor Beder was included in a list of "Australia's most influential engineers", published by Engineers Australia in 2004. She was also included in Bulletin Magazine's "Smart 100" in 2003.^{[citation needed]}