Governing the environment: salient institutional issues

This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environme...

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Other Authors: Breton, Albert 1929- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar 2009
Series:New horizons in environmental economics
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Summary:This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines - economics, political science, environmental science and law - thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature
pt. 1. Institutions : alternative solutions to the problem of assigning powers over the environment -- pt. 2. Issues in environmental governance : the comparative advantage of different levels of government
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 307 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781849801911
DOI:10.4337/9781849801911