Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Making Sense of Environmental Integration Introduction What is Environmental Integration? Forms of Environmental Integration Conclusion 2. Cognitive-External Integration Introduction Environmental Impact Assessment Cost-Benefi t Analysis Risk Assessment Integrated Environmental Assessment Conclusion 3. Cognitive-Internal Integration Introduction Sustainable Development Ecological Modernization Environmental Space (Eco)systems Thinking and Theory Conclusion 4. Policy-External Integration Introduction Strategic Environmental Assessment Sustainability Assessment Economic Instruments Voluntary Agreements Conclusion 5. Policy-Internal Integration Introduction Limited Forms of Policy-Internal Integration What is Green Planning? The Emergence and Spread of Green Planning The Support Basis for Green Planning: The Netherlands, Canada and Australia Green Planning and the Politics of Interpretation Conclusion 6. Institutional-External Integration Introduction The Greening of Government The Greening of Economic Institutions The Greening of Economic Institutions: Limits and Obstacles Conclusion 7. Institutional-Internal Integration Introduction The Integration of Environmental Institutions The Institutionalization of Environmental Rights and Duties The Institutionalization of Integrative Principles Agents of Integration: National Councils for Sustainable Development Conclusion 8. Improving Environmental Integration Introduction Revisiting Existing Approaches to and Forms of Environmental Integration Enhancing Integration: Forms and Approaches Conclusion Notes References Index

About the Author

Ton Buhrs is Senior Lecturer of Environmental Policy at Lincoln University in New Zealand and coauthor (with Robert V. Bartlett) of Environmental Policy in New Zealand: The Politics of Clean and Green?

Reviews

"Buhrs offers a highly original and provocative approach to a hugely important topic and area of public policy, academic inquiry, industrial activity, and human endeavor. Most of the key literature and analytical approaches generated in the developed world over the past four decades are engaged, and thus the book will likely be taken up quite widely in the academic world." - Glen Toner, editor of Innovation, Science, Environment: Canadian Policies and Performance, 2008-2009