Elizabeth R. DeSombreová se zaměřuje na propojení globálních procesů s lokálními dopady, zejména v oblastech životního prostředí, bezpečnosti a pracovních norem. Její práce zkoumá, jak se mezinárodní standardy formují a jak ovlivňují každodenní život a životní prostředí v různých částech světa. Prostřednictvím svého výzkumu a pedagogické činnosti usiluje o hlubší porozumění komplexním vztahům mezi ekonomikou, politikou a ekologií v globalizovaném světě. Její analýzy nabízejí cenné vhledy do mechanismů, které utvářejí náš svět.
Scientific knowledge and technology alone cannot address environmental problems; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. This concise introductory text explores the different ways in which society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage--
Why do people behave in ways that cause environmental harm? Despite not wanting to create environmental problems, we all do so regularly in the course of living our everyday lives. This book looks at how social structures, incentives, information, habits, attitudes, norms, and the inherent characteristics of environmental resources explain and influence how we behave, and how those causes influence what we can do to change behavior.
Global Environmental Institutitons continues to provide the most accessible and succint overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment.
Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective.