Towards an Environment Research Agenda: A Third Selection of Papers

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgement......Page 8
Notes on the Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 15
Part I Understanding the Environment......Page 18
1 Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Environmental Appraisal and Valuation......Page 20
2 Talking Environmental Imperatives to Death......Page 51
3 Environmental Preferences and Piaget’s Theory of Knowledge: Searching for Necessity in Environmental Preference in Northern Thailand......Page 68
Part II Valuing the Environment......Page 102
4 An Ecological and Economic Approach to Valuing River Quality......Page 104
5 Willingness to Pay for Reduction in Risk of Mortality due to Air Pollution in Brazil: Preliminary Results......Page 119
Part III Policy and Politics......Page 138
6 Trade and Environment: Linkages in Multilateral Environmental Agreements......Page 140
7 Red–Green and Beyond: The German Green Party after the 2002 Elections......Page 166
Part IV Technology, Engineering and the Environment......Page 190
8 Engineering Sustainability: Thermodynamics, Energy Systems and the Environment......Page 192
9 Life-Cycle Design for Engineered Timber Products......Page 228
Part V Managing the Environment......Page 250
10 A Car in Three Days! Environmental Impacts of the Automotive Supply Chain......Page 252
11 Paradox in Marketing: An Inquiry into Sustainability, Ethics and Marketing......Page 273
Part VI Afterword......Page 300
12 Local Agenda 21 into Local Action 21......Page 302
B......Page 314
C......Page 315
E......Page 316
G......Page 317
I......Page 318
L......Page 319
M......Page 320
P......Page 321
S......Page 322
U......Page 324
Z......Page 325