"The Lack of Clarity in the Precautionary Principle"
This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.
This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.
The purpose of the present paper is to provide an improved conceptual foundation for the debate around the precautionary principle in the form of an explication of the concept of precaution.
In this article Ronald Sandler considers four concerns regarding the possibility of an environmental virtue ethic functioning as an alternative—rather than a supplement—to more conventional approaches to environmental ethics.
In this paper, questions on envrionmental problems are explored by examining the ontology of environmental problems.
This paper discusses the limitations, omissions, and value judgements of the application of conventional economic analysis in the evaluation of climate change mitigation policies.
This collection brings together leading scholars on the environments of Latin America and the Caribbean to give us new and alternative narratives of the postcolonial history of the continent.
Esta colección reúne a algunos de los académicos más destacados en el estudio de las historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe para proponer nuevas perspectivas sobre el desarrollo poscolonial del continente. Estos ensayos narran historias variadas de interacciones complejas entre grupos sociales, estados y sus ambientes, y proveen nuevos ángulos para enriquecer las interpretaciones más conocidas.
As dezasseis contribuições presentes neste volume de RCC Perspectives oferecem diversas perspetivas e preocupações sobre o futuro da área, por parte de quem trabalha em história ambiental ou em disciplinas afins.
In this article, Andrew Light and Aurora Wallace highlight several examples of how environmental architecture has combined success and failure at taking a broader view of environmental questions, with a specific focus on one green skyscraper that may be good for the natural environment but not necessarily for the human environment of the city.
This paper argues that the analogy with warfare should not be used for justificatory or rhetorical purposes, but that it may nevertheless have a legitimate heuristic role to play in environmental philosophy.