Agenda for a Sustainable America

Agenda for a Sustainable America
Author: John C. Dernbach
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2009
Genre: Environmental law
ISBN: 1585761338

Agenda for a Sustainable America is a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary next steps toward achieving a sustainable America. Packed with facts, figures, and the well-informed opinions of forty-one experts, it provides an illuminating "snapshot" of sustainability in the United States today. And each of the contributors suggests where we need to go next, recommending three to five specific actions that we should take during the next five to ten years. It thus offers a comprehensive agenda that citizens, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders and policymakers can use to make decisions today and to plan for the future.

The Creation of a Federal Partnership

The Creation of a Federal Partnership
Author: Margaret M. Brassil
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1438433344

With the ongoing recession and housing crisis, it has never been more important to understand the federal and state governments' roles in affordable housing. The Creation of a Federal Partnership takes a fresh look at the history of national and state housing policy by examining the role played by state housing agencies since the 1970s. Establishing new ground in the field, this volume discusses how the relationship between the federal and state levels has evolved over time. The result, Margaret M. Brassil argues, is that the federal government's broad policy guidelines allow states to better address their own social issues, an improvement for policy and ultimately for the people it serves.