Water Resources Management: In Search of an Environmental Ethic (Published in Cooperation with the Center for American Places) - Softcover

Feldman, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801851254 ISBN 13: 9780801851254

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Synopsis

"In one slim volume, Feldman has managed to combine a history of U.S. water policy, two in-depth case studies on the politics of water, an analysis of the institutional biases affecting U.S. water policy, and a discussion of water policy in France. Nor is that all. The opening and closing chapters of the work set this panoramic view of water policy within a normative framework derived from theorists as disparate as John Muir and John Rawls." -- Journal of Politics

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From the Back Cover

David Feldman argues that water resources decision-makers have traditionally made policies that favor development and economic efficiency over 'noneconomic' principle such as fairness, environmental protection, and concern for future generations. The result has been short-term economic gains for some regions at the expense of long-term economic benefits and ecological stability for society in general. Combining policy analysis, political theory, and relevant cases in environmental history, Water Resources Management challenges governments, interest groups, party platforms, and elected officials to implement public policies that are truly ethical and rational.

About the Author

David Lewis Feldman is professor and chair of the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design at the University of California, Irvine and senior editor of Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0801851254
• ISBN 13: 9780801851254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264