Dear
Ged-eders,
Can anyone point me
to references on -- and here I don't know exactly how to term the topic -- the
idea that people don't react to environmental problems until they see disaster
(or BIG consequences) staring them in the face? In other words, literature on
the notion that it takes a crisis to make people / policymakers seriously act to
address a problem. I am interested in general readings, or specific case
studies. What would be especially fascinating is cases where a problem existed
and was well known and acknowledged, but was not acted upon until "things got
out of hand." I would like to include a few such readings in a course I will be
teaching this fall.
Thanks,
Ken Wilkening
International Studies Program
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
CANADA
Tel: 250-960-5768
Fax: 250-960-5545
