Environmental Principles and Policies

Environmental Principles and Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a textbook written by Professor Sharon Beder.^[1] 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]}

Environmental Principles and Policies

Author	Sharon Beder
Publication date	2006
Pages	304 pp.
ISBN	978-1-84407-404-4
OCLC	70232360

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^[2]

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.^[3]

See also

• Environment portal

• Sustainable development
• Environmental policy
• List of Australian environmental books