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Sustainable Development for Public Administration
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Description: This groundbreaking text focuses on the application of sustainability and sustainable development theories to public administration practice. It's designed to guide planning, resource management, and outcomes measurement for future and current non-profit and public managers.
The book introduces sustainable development and related theories; ties these theories to public administration practice; and elaborates on applications to specific PA specializations including energy management, transportation, water, waste management, urban development, wildlife conservation, and higher education. It also includes a chapter specifically geared to outcome measurement of sustainability goals in public and non-profit agencies.
Selected Contents:
List of Exhibits
1. Focus on Sustainability: A New Direction for Public Administration
Local to Global Impacts of Sustainable Planning
Systems Theory, Risks, Partnerships, and Outcomes
Measuring and Planning for Outcomes
Environmental Movements and Environmental Epochs in Public Administration
Sustainable Development as a Renaming or as New
2. Economics and the Environment
Markets and Market Failure
Public Goods
Externalities
Addressing Externalities
Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Economics of Sustainable Development
3. Risk, Insurance, and the Work of Governments
Time and Place Knowledge and the Value of Citizen Engagement
Inter- and Intragenerational Equity and Planning for the Long Run
Process, Administrative Law, and the Rights of Citizens
Does the Environment Have Rights?
Government and Its Partners
4. Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Agents
Nonprofit Charitable, Volunteer, and Environmental Organizations
The Potential of For-Profit Contributions to Sustainability
The Power of Public Agencies and the Costs of Sustainability
Planning Internal Agency Change
5. Fresh Water
Drinking Water and Development
Water, Irrigation, and Agriculture
Local to Global Action
6. Food Security and Safety
The Role of Public Administration in Food Safety and Security
Plant Diversity and the Green Revolution
Systems Relationships and Food Production
7. Solid Waste Removal and Management
Managing Solid Waste
Opportunities for Governments and Civil Society
Agency Action to Manage Solid Waste
Macro-level to Micro-level Impact
8. Transportation
Sustainability in Transportation
Current Pollution Control Policies
Institutional Reform
9. Wildlife and Oceans
The Role of Nonprofit and Public Agencies in Ocean and Wildlife Sustainability
Citizens, Science, and Solutions
10. Energy and Global Climate Change
Fossil Fuels and Peak Oil
Buying the Right to Pollute
Policies, Incentives, and Renewable Energy Resources
11. Higher Education
Constructing an Environmentally Friendly College Community
Preparing Students for Civic Responsibility
Providing Research Data for Community Use
The Role of Public Administration
12. Measurement and Assessment
Balancing Inputs, Outputs, and Outcomes
Types of Assessment
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Buildings and Construction
The Value of Rigorous, Established Assessment Tools
Recommendations for Selecting an Assessment Tool
13. The Future of Sustainable Development in Public Administration
References
Index
About the Authors
Comment(s): "Leuenberger and Bartle have articulated quite nicely what many in public administration are instinctively coming to feel but have yet to work through in all its implications. We are entering an epoch wherein the field and all those who practice it will be judged--in addition to all other considerations--by their ability to play a leadership role in achieving more environmentally sensitive and sustainable communities. This invaluable book serves as an introduction to the tenets of sustainable development as well as a roadmap for public administrators as they address old and new issues through the prism of sustainability. The message couldn't be timelier." -- Daniel A. Mazmamian, University of Southern California
"Leuenberger and Bartle blend public administration, economics, risk, environmental policy, education, and outcome assessment in a new way never seen before. This book is cutting-edge and a must-read for anyone who cares about the future." -- Rosemary O'Leary, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
"This thoughtful book offers key insights for both the sustainability and public administration communities. By clarifying and operationalizing the linkages between public administration and the environment, Leuenberger and Bartle demonstrate how governments, citizens, businesses and non-profits can work together to systematically enhance sustainability. This wide-ranging and accessible volume belongs on the shelves of both practitioners and researchers." -- Tracy Yandl, Emory University
Review(s): Sustainable Development for Public Administration introduces public administrators to the basics of sustainable development and to the design and implementation of public policies in the fields of water supply, food security and safety, solid waste management, transportation, energy, and climate change, which are systemically sustainable, intertemporally and distributionally equitable, and economically efficient. ... In sum, this is a very good book. Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions
    
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