Table of Contents

Part 1: Social Dimensions of Environmental Technology 1. Mission to Model Earth, Simon Shackley 2. Agricultural Biotechnology as Clean Surgical Strike, Les Levidow 3. Threats and Defences in the Built Environment, Elizabeth Shove Part 2: Nartional and International Politics of the Environment 1. Environmental Concern in Britain 1919 – 1949 Diversity and Continuity, Ian Coates 2. The Ukrainian Green Movement: Nationalist or Internationalist?, Ase Berit Grodeland 3. Conflict over South East Asia’s Forests: A Political Ecology Perspective, Raymond Bryant Part 3: Planning for Sustainability 1. An Examination of Current Issues in Environmental Planning and Policy in Japan, Ali Parsa and William Penrice 2. Can we have Sustainabilty without the Recoupment of Development Value?, Bob Evans 3. An Assessment of the Potential Contribution of Green Belt Planning Towards Sustainable Urban Development – A Case Study in the West Midlands, Mark Baker 4. An Innovative Public Participation Methodology for Local Planning, Julia Meaton and Margaret Anderson Part 4: State, Theory and Policy 1. Towards a Theory of the Green State, John Barry 2. Denicratic Theory and Environmental Protection, James Meadowcroft 3. Subsidiarity and Global Warming Policy: An Excuse for Inaction in the European Community?, Ute Collier.