Economics, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Economic Development, Development, Ecology

Local Economic Development and the Environment

Name: Local Economic Development and the Environment
Author: David Gibbs
ISBN: 9781134703814

by David Gibbs

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Overview

Concerns about the impact of economic development upon the global environment have increased in recent years. Sustainable development has been proposed as a means of reconciling the pressures between the two, allowing the integration of economic, environmental and social concerns. This book focuses upon the potential to integrate economic and environmental policies at the local and regional scale.

Synopsis

This book focuses upon the potential to integrate economic and environmental policies at the local and regional scale. Local initiatives are investigated within their wider economic and environmental policy contexts in order to illustrate both the constraints and opportunities for local policy makers. Attention is given to global economic trends, as well as to the specific policy contexts of the European Union and the national contexts of the UK, USA, Australia, Japan and Sweden. The key principles for designing integrative policies and descriptions of initiatives and projects in a variety of locations are also considered.