John Copeland Nagle
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300126297
- eISBN:
- 9780300162912
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300126297.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
This book shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of five diverse places in the American landscape: Alaska's Adak Island; the Susquehanna ...
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This book shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of five diverse places in the American landscape: Alaska's Adak Island; the Susquehanna River; Colton in California's Inland Empire; Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the badlands of North Dakota; and Alamogordo in New Mexico. It asks why some places are preserved by the law while others are not, and finds that environmental laws often have unexpected results while other laws have surprising effects on the environment. The book argues that sound environmental policy requires better coordination among the many laws, regulations, and social norms that determine the values and uses of our scarce lands and waters.Less
This book shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of five diverse places in the American landscape: Alaska's Adak Island; the Susquehanna River; Colton in California's Inland Empire; Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the badlands of North Dakota; and Alamogordo in New Mexico. It asks why some places are preserved by the law while others are not, and finds that environmental laws often have unexpected results while other laws have surprising effects on the environment. The book argues that sound environmental policy requires better coordination among the many laws, regulations, and social norms that determine the values and uses of our scarce lands and waters.
