Consisting of 12 chapters, the book presents the rise and development of environmentalism, environmental history as a discipline, and the history of environment

The experiences of these countries in wrestling with issues of sustainability may serve also as examples for both developed and developing countries worldwide."

A study of the effect of EU membership on Central and Eastern European environmental policy and the interplay of political incentives and industry behavior that

The rise of industrial capitalism in the nineteenth century forged a new ecological order in North American and Western European states, radically transforming

Describes progress being made - and barriers to progress - on environmental policies and programmes in the countries of Eastern Europe, Causasus and Central Asi