New Tools for Environmental Protection:

Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures

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Publication Year:2002

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Thomas Dietz and Paul C. Stern, Editors, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council
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Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and ...
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"...a highly informative book that provides background insight and also practical guidance to those working on rendering the 'new tools' more effective..."
-- International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2004

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Front Matter	i-xii
Part I: Introduction, 1. Exploring New Tools for Environmental Protection	1-16	(skim)
2. Changes in Pollution and the Implications for Policy	17-42	(skim)
Part II: Information and Education for Individuals, Households, and Communities (Introduction)	43-48	(skim)
3. Marketing Household Energy Conservation: The Message and the Reality	49-66	(skim)
4. Knowledge, Information, and Household Recycling: Examining the Knoweldge-Deficit Model of Behavior Change	67-82	(skim)
5. Promoting 'Green' Consumer Behavior with Eco-Labels	83-104	(skim)
6. The Public Health Perspective for Communicating Environmental Issues	105-124	(skim)
7. Understanding Individual and Social Characteristics in the Promotion of Household Disaster Preparedness	125-140	(skim)
8. Lessons from Analogous Public Education Campaigns	141-146	(skim)
9. Perspectives on Environmental Education in the United States	147-160	(skim)
10. A Model of Community-Based Environmental Education	161-182	(skim)
11. Community Environmental Policy Capacity and Effective Environmental Protection	183-200	(skim)
12. Changing Behavior in Households and Communities: What Have We Learned?	201-212	(skim)
Part III: Voluntary Measures in the Private Sector (Introduction)	213-218	(skim)
13. Government-Sponsored Voluntary Programs for Firms: An Initial Survey	219-234	(skim)
14. Industry Codes of Practices: Emergence and Evolution	235-252	(skim)
15. Harnessing the 'Power of Information': Environmental Right to Know as a Driver of Sound Environmental Policy	253-262	(skim)
16. Challenges in Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs	263-282	(skim)
17. Assessing the Credibility of Voluntary Codes: A Theoretical Framework	283-302	(skim)
18. Factors in Firms and Industries Affecting the Outcomes of Voluntary Measures	303-310	(skim)
19. The Policy Context for Flexible, Negotiated, and Voluntary Measures	311-318	(skim)
20. Understanding Voluntary Measures	319-334	(skim)
Part IV: Conclusion, 21. New Tools for Environmental Protection: What We Know and Need to Know	335-348	(skim)
About the Contributors	349-356	(skim)

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Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate. The political climate has also changed in the United States since the 1970s in ways that provide impetus to seek alternatives to regulation. This book examines the potential of some of these "new tools" that emphasize education, information, and voluntary measures. Contributors summarize what we know about the effectiveness of these tools, both individually and in combination with regulatory and economic policy instruments. They also extract practical lessons from this knowledge and consider what is needed to make these tools more effective. The book will be of interest to environmental policy practitioners and to researchers and students concerned with applying social and behavioral sciences knowledge to improve environmental quality.

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"...a highly informative book that provides background insight and also practical guidance to those working on rendering the 'new tools' more effective..."
-- International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2004

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Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures

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