Reality Check
The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the U.S., Europe, and Japan
Edited by Richard D. Morgenstern and William A. Pizer

This innovative book seeks to clarify what is known about the effectiveness of voluntary programs by looking at a range of program types, including the varied approaches adopted in different nations. By including in-depth analyses by experts from the U.S., Europe, and Japan, the book advances scholarship and provides practical information for the future design of voluntary programs to stakeholders and policymakers on all sides of the Atlantic and Pacific.

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services
An Input-Ouput Approach
Chris T. Hendrickson, Lester B. Lave, and H. Scott Matthews

This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must have for companies seeking to improve the environmental profile of their products and processes, regulators attempting to quantify life cycle implications of products and service, and students and scholars of green design.

Zoned Out
Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use
Jonathan Levine

"A long overdue correction to the notion that alternatives to sprawl are anti-market. Levine demonstrates that the opposite is true: sprawl is mandated by public policy and frustrates an increasingly diverse market."--Peter Calthorpe, Calthorpe Associates

Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks Designing Processes for the Effective Use of Science in Decisionmaking
Alexander E. Farrell and Jill Jager, editors

"Establishes a useful framework for judging experiences in the design and use of past assessments and presents those evaluations as a guide for future assessments."
--David H. Moreau, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Forest Ranger
A Study in Administrative Behavior
Herbert Kaufman

In print for nearly fifty years and widely considered a classic, The Forest Ranger has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior. With two new forewords and an afterword by the author, this classic reprint is as relevant and timely today as when it was first published in 1960.

The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resource Policy, 2nd edition 
Wallace E. Oates, editor

The second edition of the popular RFF Reader brings together much of the best work published by researchers at RFF in an accessible, nontechnical, authoritative introduction to key issues in environmental and natural resources policy.

Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict New Institutions for Collaborative Planning

John T. Scholz and Bruce Stiftel, editors

"An important and substantive contribution on environmental governance and water policy by a first-rate group of authors."--William Blomquist, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

The Complex Forest
Communities, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Collaborative Management
Carol J. Pierce Colfer

The Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM).

Liquid Assets
An Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond
Franklin M. Fisher et al

"An important and substantive contribution on environmental governance and water policy by a first-rate group of authors. The case studies address a broad range of issues including water supply, water quality, and ecosystem management. That the cases are set in a region known among water resource professionals for the growing intensity of its water conflicts adds to the book's appeal." -William Blomquist, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Scarcity and Growth Revisited
Natural Resources and the Environment in the New Millennium
R. David Simpson, Michael A. Toman, and Robert U. Ayres, editors

Experts from diverse disciplines investigate the implications of resource scarcity on economic growth, human well-being, and environmental sustainability. The authors review current assessments of resource availability and consumption and consider the ability of technological innovation to ameliorate scarcity challenges.

Managing Natural Wealth
Environment and Development in Malaysia
Jeffrey R. Vincent and Rozali Mohamed Ali

The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both industry and the environmental community. This book analyzes major natural resource and environmental policy issues in the country during the 1970s and 1980s—a period of profound socioeconomic change, rapid depletion of natural resources, and the emergence of serious problems with pollution. A review of key developments since the 1990s by S. Robert Aiken and Colin H. Leigh considers what has happened since and assesses the implications for Malaysia’s future.

Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms
Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business
Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H. K. Vietor, editors

In this groundbreaking work, some of the nation's leading scholars in law, economics, and business examine commonly accepted assumptions at the heart of current debates on corporate social responsibility and provide a foundation for future research and policymaking.

Toward Safer Food
Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting
Sandra Hoffmann and Michael R. Taylor, editors

This book brings together leading scientists, risk analysts, and economists, as well as experienced regulators and policy analysts, to better define the priorities and to focus on the scientific and intellectual resources available to construct a risk analysis framework for improving food safety. Multi-disciplinary in scope, it provides a solid introduction to the existing data, research, and methodological approaches on which a system-wide risk analysis framework must draw.

National Environmental Accounting
Bridging the Gap between Ecology and Economy
Joy Hecht

A non-technical introduction to an increasingly important field, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in how environmental accounts can help society move towards greater sustainability. The author begins with a history and introduction to national income, or "green," accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world. She then introduces the most recent methods developed through the United Nations Statistical Department and other international organizations.

New Approaches on Energy and the Environment
Policy Advice for the President
Richard D. Morgenstern and Paul R. Portney, editors

When the President takes office in January, 2005, he will confront competing perspectives about the priorities and approaches that should apply to energy and environmental policy: Americans want cleaner air and water and healthy and attractive surroundings, but they also want inexpensive fuel, comfortable cars and houses, and continued economic growth. New Approaches on Energy and the Environment provides thought-provoking, commonsense contributions to debates about important energy and environmental issues confronting the U.S. today.

The Equitable Forest
Diversity and Community in Sustainable Resource Management
Carol J. Pierce Colfer, editor
A copublication with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

The Equitable Forest provides a detailed explanation of the descriptive, analytical, and methodological tools of Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM), along with accounts of early stages of its implementation in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Although the contributors make it clear that it is too soon to evaluate the efficacy of ACM, their work is supported by evidence that rural communities do make important contributions when involved in formal forest management; that management strategies are most effective when flexible and tailored to local contexts; and that efforts by outside governmental and nongovernmental organizations to support local management are feasible from the policymaking perspective, and desirable for their impact on human, economic, and environmental well-being.

Choosing Environmental Policy
Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe
Winston Harrington, Richard D. Morgenstern, and Thomas Sterner, editors

The two distinct approaches to environmental policy include direct regulation—sometimes called “command and control” policies—and regulation by economic, or market-based incentives. This book is the first to compare the costs and outcomes of these approaches by examining real-world applications. In a unique format, paired case studies from the United States and Europe contrast direct regulation on one side of the Atlantic with an incentive-based policy on the other.

Collaborative Environmental Management
What Roles for Government?
Tomas M. Koontz, Toddi A. Steelman, JoAnn Carmin, Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Cassandra Moseley, and Craig W. Thomas

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental management. Partnerships between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors can enhance public participation in policy-making and achieve potentially more integrated and effective environmental management strategies. In a series of case studies, this book analyzes how collaborative processes work and whether government can be an equal partner even as government agencies often formally control decision making and are held accountable for the outcomes.