The aim of the essay is to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the definition and debates surround environmental issues. In addition
it gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the role, perspective and impa
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ASSESSMENT

ESSAY: 2000 words (excluding references).

The aim of the essay is to give you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the definition and debates surround environmental issues. In addition it gives
you the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the role, perspective and impact of different actors in the policy debate around these issues.
• Note the focus of the essay should be on policy and policy actors in the UK. It is recognised that global policy actors e.g. the United Nations, European Union may
influence UK policy and should be referred to accordingly.
• Remember environmental impact may be positive as well as negative.
• You should refer to relevant theory – ecological modernisation/techno centrism/biocentrism etc. to demonstrate understanding.
• Your discussion of the role/perspectives of different actors should go beyond description to critically evaluate their agenda and impact on policy.
• You are given references to help guide your reading, it is expected that you will read further around the subject and note these sources in your reference list.

Question: Why is airport expansion an environmental issue? Critically evaluate the role and impact of three key stakeholders in the UK policy debate around airport
expansion.
• Bows, A., & Anderson, K. L. (2007). Policy clash: Can projected aviation growth be reconciled with the UK Government’s 60% carbon-reduction target?. Transport
Policy, 14(2), 103-110.
• Goulden, M., Ryley, T., & Dingwall, R. (2014). Beyond ‘predict and provide’: UK transport, the growth paradigm and climate change. Transport Policy, 32, 139-147.
• Griggs, S., & Howarth, D. (2004). A transformative political campaign? The new rhetoric of protest against airport expansion in the UK. Journal of Political
Ideologies, 9(2), 181-201.
• Nulman, E. (2015). Dynamic interactions in contentious episodes: social movements, industry, and political parties in the contention over Heathrow’s third runway.
Environmental Politics, (ahead-of-print), 1-20.
• House of Commons Library (2015) Transport Briefing Paper. N. CBP-7177. 14th May 2015. Note: Section 7 – policy focus 5: airport expansion.
Presentation, submission and referencing requirements.
• All essays must be word processed and doubled spaced in 12 point Arial type and must include full, accurate and complete references to all the sources.
• Plagiarism is not permissible. Follow the Business and Law referencing guidelines. Appropriate quotation marks and author/date/page numbers for direct (word for
word) quotes MUST be given. Author/date must be given when summarising (i.e. in your own words) another authors work. It is not sufficient merely to list sources you
used in the reference list.