Towards an Environment Research Agenda

Acknowledgement Notes on the Contributors Introduction: A.Winnett PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Environmental Appraisal and Valuation; G.Hammond & A.Winnett Talking Environmental Imperatives to Death; A.Moore Environmental Preferences and Piaget's Theory of Knowledge: Searching for Necessity in Environmental Preference in Nothern Thailand; K.Marsh PART II: VALUING THE ENVIRONMENT An Ecological and Economic Approach to Valuing River Quality; C.Johnstone Willingness to Pay for Reduction in Risk of Mortality Due to Air Pollution in Brazil: Preliminary Results; R.A.Ortiz PART III: POLICY AND POLITICS Trade and Environment: Linkages in Multilateral Environmental Agreements; T.Taylor, A.Markandya & A.Hunt Red-Green and Beyond: The German Green Party after the 2002 Elections; I.Blühdorn PART IV: TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Engineering Sustainability: Thermodynamics, Energy Systems and the Environment; G.Hammond Life Cycle Design for Engineered Timber Products; M.Ansell, R,Murphy & B.Hillier PART V: MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT A Car in Three Days! Environmental Impacts of the Automotive Supply Chain; J.Miemczyk Paradox in Marketing: An Enquiry into Marketing and Sustainability; C.Bond & C.Seeley AFTERWORD Local Agenda 21 into Local Action 21; S.Bendle Index