The aim of this paper is to give a long term sustainability perspective on instrumentation in environmental policy, within a broad, also strategic, evaluative framework. To arrive at integrated insight, the basic function of policy instruments is discussed: why do you need them at all and how...

"Policy makers across the globe, and especially within the transatlantic arena, are faced with and enormous challenge -- the sustainability challenge. Building upon the growing presence of sustainability as a topic in natural science and ecological movements, this volume addresses the topic from...