Environmental Responses

Climate change, urban congestion, nuclear waste, destruction of wildlife - how can we respond to these and the many other environmental problems that beset us? Can we trust the experts? Are political solutions possible? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the future of the environment? This book focuses on how environments respond to human actions and the technical, economic and political responses that we make in the face of environmental changes. It is richly illustrated drawing on examples from across the world.

Andrew Blowers OBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at the Open University. Over a long career he has been involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as an academic, politician, government adviser, nuclear company director and prominent environmental activist. As a member of the first Committee on Radioactive Waste Management he was directly responsible for some of the UK's policy on legacy waste. The Legacy of Nuclear Power brings together his varied experience and expertise and reflects his lifetime concern with the fate of nuclear communities now and in the future.