Governing for the Environment: Global Problems, Ethics and Democracy

by Brendan Gleeson (Editor), Nicholas Low (Editor)

Governing for the Environment explores one of the dimensions of the value-knowledge system needed in any movement towards humane governance for the planet: the ecological sustainability and integrity of the Earth's environment. The book begins from the premise that whilst environmental knowledge and values have developed rapidly, their development must not overwhelm consideration of other core 'humane' values: peace, social justice, and human rights. The book's contributors explore a variety of ethical issues that must inform future global regulation of the Earth's environment.

269 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2001

About the author

Brendan Gleeson is a professor of urban policy studies in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne and director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.

He has also held the position of deputy director of the National University of Ireland’s National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and, prior to that, set up the Urban Research Program at Griffith University and was its inaugural director.