Environmental Values - Instructions for Authors

Environmental Values brings together contributions from philosophy, economics, politics, sociology, geography, anthropology, ecology and other disciplines, which relate to the present and future environment of human beings and other species. In doing so we aim to clarify the relationship between practical policy issues and more fundamental underlying principles or assumptions.

The journal provides a forum for original academic papers that are accessible to people from other disciplines, and also those who operate outside the academic community. To this end, contributors should avoid needless technicality. They should also bear in mind the requirements of an international readership when making reference to localised places or events.

Manuscripts should show engagement with on-going intellectual debates, and awareness of the current literature. Authors should especially make sure they are cognizant of papers published in recent issues of Environmental Values that are relevant to their topic.

Submissions must be original and not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. We aim to reach a decision on publication within three months of receipt of the submission.

Specific Guidance

Word Limit. Unless otherwise agreed, manuscripts should be no more than 8,000 words in length and no more than 28 pages long, including any diagrams, tables etc. when formatted as specified below. Occasionally longer pieces may be considered by prior agreement.

Format. Borders of 1inch all round. Font Times Roman 12pt. Double spaced. Avoid excessive use of subheadings and text formatting for emphasis (underlining, bold, italics).

English. Manuscripts should be in English and be of an acceptable standard in that regard (if in doubt please have a native speaker read your manuscript prior to submission).

Anonymous Manuscript. To allow blind refereeing, please ensure that your manuscript is anonymous by including your name, contact details and self-identifying references separately from the manuscript. An e-mail and full postal address for editorial correspondence should also be given separately.

Abstract. A summary of around 100 words, and a list of four or five ‘key words’ should be provided.

Footnotes, if any, will be printed at the end of the article. These should be numbered consecutively through the text, and presented on a separate sheet of paper, typed with double spacing.

Bibliographic citations can appear in text or notes. These should include the author’s last name and the title or year of publication, and may include a page reference: (Aldred, 2006: 142). A separate list of references should be provided, in alphabetical order. Please do not abbreviate journal titles. The following style should be employed:

Aldred, J. 2006. ‘Incommensurability and monetary valuation’. Land Economics 82(2): 141-161.

EPA 2000. Who Cares About the Environment? Sydney: Environmental Protection Authority, http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/community/whocares (accessed 16 October 2002).

Martinez-Alier, J., G. Munda and J. O’Neill. 1998. ‘Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics’. Ecological Economics 26(3): 277-286.

Rolston III, H. 1989. Philosophy Gone Wild. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books.

Holland, A. 1997. ‘Substitutability: Why strong sustainability is weak and absurdly strong sustainability is not absurd’, in J. Foster (ed.), Valuing Nature? Economics, Ethics and Environment (London: Routledge), pp.119-134.

Copyright and Future Use. The editors reserve the right to make alterations which do not involve any change of meaning. Contributors are expected to assign copyright to the publisher; though they remain free to use material in subsequent publications written or edited by themselves provided Environmental Values is acknowledged as the original place of publication. Twenty free offprints of published articles will be supplied, and authors will be supplied on request with a pdf file from which they are free to print as many further copies of the article as they require.

Submission. Contributors should submit papers by email, as Microsoft Word documents or in rich text format, not in pdf or other formats unless specifically agreed. If email is not possible, please send one hard copy of the paper and other materials, along with a disk. Contributions should be sent to David Littlewood Philosophy Section International School of Community, Rights, and Inclusion University of Central Lancashire Preston, PR1 2HE, UK

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