| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 457 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Biographies -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part One Global Environmental Governance: An Essay -- Global Environmental Governance: An Essay -- Governance and government -- Chaos -- Chaos is born -- Complexity -- Notes -- Part Two A Dictionary of Selected Terms, Concepts, Jargon, Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Global Environmental Governance -- Sources Used to Develop the Dictionary and List of Acronyms -- Dictionary -- Aa -- Bb -- Cc -- Dd -- Ee -- Ff -- Gg -- Hh -- Ii -- Jj -- Kk -- Ll -- Mm -- Nn -- Oo -- Pp -- Qq -- Rr -- Ss -- Tt -- Uu -- Vv -- Ww -- Xx -- Yy -- Zz -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Water -- A Thematic Case Study in GEG -- Introduction -- A short history of global water meetings: Process -- The architecture of global water governance -- Water as a human right -- Is a global water regime needed? -- Implementation: What would a global water regime look like? -- Notes -- Appendix 2: Selected Intergovernmental Environmental Agreements -- Early agreements -- UNCED (1992) preparations -- UNCED related documents -- Social issues -- Economic issues -- Natural resources -- Hazardous wastes -- Oceans -- Appendix 3: Principles and Values of Global Environmental Governance -- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) -- Declaration of Rio de Janeiro on Environment and Development, June 1992 -- Specialized Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development, December 1996 -- Millennium Values and Development Goals (2000) -- Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, September 2002 -- Appendix 4: Major Civil Society Alternative Agreements -- Declarations and General Principles -- Education, Communication and Cooperation -- Alternative economic issues -- Consumption, poverty, food and subsistence -- Climate, energy and waste -- Land and natural resources -- Marine and ocean issues -- Biodiversity and biotechnology -- Cross-sectoral issues -- Appendix 5: Documenting Governance -- Appendix 6: Random Definitions -- Environment -- Ecology -- Ecosystem -- Sustainable development. |
| Summary |
This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet. It challenges those who are concerned with the management of our planet and its inhabitants to understand and accept a vocabulary common to the often-opposing objectives s. |
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This dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance, written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organisations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of original sources. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental responsibility -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
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Environmental responsibility -- International cooperation. |
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Dictionaries.
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| Subject |
Environmental responsibility. |
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation. |
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects -- Dictionaries.
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects. |
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Environmental management -- International cooperation -- Dictionaries.
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Environmental management -- International cooperation. |
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Sustainable development -- Government policy -- Dictionaries.
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Sustainable development -- Government policy. |
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Sustainable development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Meganck, Richard Albert.
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| Cover Title |
Dictionary & introduction to global environmental governance |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Saunier, Richard E. Dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance. 2nd ed. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, ©2009 9781844077502 (DLC) 2009002959 (OCoLC)299382128 |
| ISBN |
9781849771009 (electronic book) |
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1849771006 (electronic book) |
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9781441607089 (electronic book) |
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1441607080 (electronic book) |
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9781844077502 |
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1844077500 |
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9781844077519 |
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1844077519 |
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