Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal Policy - 9781138797543

Taylor & Francis

Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal PolicyCommunities, Culture and Nature\nAuthor(s): Kerrie Foxwell-Norton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138797543, 978-1138797543\nSynopsis\nThe vast majority of the worlds population lives on or near the coast. These communities are an extraordinary and largely untapped resource that can be used to mitigate planetary disaster and foster environmental stewardship. Repeated waves of scientific fact and information are not inciting action, nor apparently producing enough momentum to change voting behaviour towards a progressive environmental politics. A critical coastal policy, underpinned by a deeper understanding of environmental communication, can offer something new to this status quo. \n\nEnvironmental Communication and Critical Coastal Policy argues that more science and better communication has been largely responsible for the lacklustre response by citizens .