ABSTRACT

This work explores the difficulties of solving contemporary environmental problems within existing global institutions. It questions guidelines set out in recent influential policy reports, and suggests new agendas for sustainability, industrial ecology, and institutional reform. Including case studies from the USA, Europe and China, this book investigates a wide range of environmental problems presently confronting experts worldwide.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Institutions and their analysis

chapter 2|15 pages

Institutional change and expert thinking

chapter 3|19 pages

Finding the institutional rules

part |2 pages

Part III Institutional reform principles

chapter 8|20 pages

Principles of institutional reform

chapter 9|14 pages

Institutions of industrial ecology

chapter 10|14 pages

Experts in public