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Pages 349-356

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From page 349...
... She is also the executive director of the North American Association for Environmental Education. ALAN BALCH holds a master's degree in environmental sciences and is a doctoral candidate in environmental studies at University of California, Santa Cruz.
From page 350...
... While at Tellus, she worked with government, businesses and nongovernmental organizations to develop a multimedia, integrated reporting system for environmental releases. She also codeveloped a materials accounting system for a major manufacturer, applied True Cost Assessment tools to inform decisions on wastewater treatment, and helped develop a strategy for thoroughly integrating pollution prevention into state regulations.
From page 351...
... She also oversaw research studies on topics including pollution prevention policies, industrial environmental reporting, risk communication, public perceptions of environmental policies and incentive-based environmental regulations. She holds a bachelor' s degree in environmental studies from Rutgers University (Cook College)
From page 352...
... Her research investigates why firms adopt environmental practices that go beyond regulatory requirements and the effectiveness of new regulatory instruments in achieving policy goals. She is the coeditor, with Cary Coglianese, of the volume Regulating from the Inside: Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals?
From page 353...
... ASEEM PRAKASH is assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington-Seattle. His research investigates two questions: first, how firms and governments can respond to the challenges posed by globalization; second, how policy instruments can be designed to induce businesses to adopt environmentally responsible policies.
From page 354...
... in agricultural economics from Oregon State University. His primary research areas are natural resource economics, project evaluation, and benefit cost analysis, including theory and methods of estimating environmental benefits and assessing environmental damages.
From page 355...
... JOHN TH0GERSEN is professor of economic psychology at the Aarhus School of Business. He has published extensively on environmental attitudes and behavior issues, including articles in refereed journals such as Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Consumer Policy, Psychology and Marketing, Environment and Behavior, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and
From page 356...
... He specializes in health behavior, health promotion, health communication, social network analysis, and program evaluation. His writings include Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations (Hampton Press, 1995)


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