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Native Americans and the Environment

Native Americans and the Environment brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars whose works continue and complicate the conversations that Shepard Krech started in The Ecological Indian . Hailed as a masterful synthesis and yet assailed as a problematic political tract, Shepard Krech’s work prompted significant discussions in scholarly communities and among Native Americans.

Improving Recycling Markets

Markets for many classes of potentially recyclable materials are growing. However, market failures and barriers are constraining some markets. In many cases this arises because such markets possess characteristics which undermine their efficiency. Factors such as information failures, technological externalities, and market power can affect the prices, quantity, and quality of materials traded. This report presents the case for the use of 'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers as complements to more traditional environmental policies. Indeed, encouraging ever-higher recycling rates in the absence of such complementary measures may impose very high social welfare costs.

The Global Politics of the Environment

This text is a systematically revised and updated new edition of this wide ranging introduction to, and analysis of, the global politics of the environment. It covers the major areas of theoretical debate both in politics/international relations and in environmental studies. Lorraine Elliott is from the Australian National University.

Global Warming

Global warming has been described as the biggest environmental threat facing humanity. This text offers readers a clear description of the problem and a practical guide to solutions. Author lives in Wellington, NZ.