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Environmental Governance and Decentralisation
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.
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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.
Providing a comprehensive and up to date analysis of environmental governance worldwide, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in environmental economics, environmental politics, governance and decentralisation. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers with responsibilities over the environment.
Providing a comprehensive and up to date analysis of environmental governance worldwide, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in environmental economics, environmental politics, governance and decentralisation. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers with responsibilities over the environment.
Contributors
Contributors: M.S. Andersen, F. Ankomah Asante, G. Asfaw, A. Breton, G. Brosio, I. Capozza, C. Cavalcanti, T. Chiamparino, S. Dalmazzone, S. Demissew, S. Engel, G. Garrone, P.V. Kasyanov, K. Lemma, D. Liefferink, S. Mandal, J.D. Petchey, L. Piazza, M.G. Rao, P. Salmon, J.F. Shogren, S. Smith, A.V. Stovpivskaya, M. Valiante, I. Venturello, H. Wang, M. Wiering, C. Wu, M. Zimmermann, A.R. Zito
Contents
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone
PART I: FEDERAL AND SUPRANATIONAL SYSTEMS
2. Australia: Preserving Biodiversity and Managing Water Resources
Jeffrey D. Petchey
3. Economic Growth and Environmental Protection in Brazil: An Unfavourable Trade-off
Clóvis Cavalcanti
4. Interdependence and Coordination in the Canadian Environmental Policy Process
Marcia Valiante
5. Ethiopia: Protecting Nature in a Developing Decentralized Country
Gedion Asfaw, Kifle Lemma and Sebsebe Demissew
6. European Union: Shifting Environmental Governance to the Supranational Level
Anthony R. Zito
7. Environmental Institutions in Germany: Leader or Laggard?
Stefanie Engel and Melanie Zimmermann
8. Overlapping Fiscal Domains and the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy in India
Subrata Mandal and M. Govinda Rao
9. Russia: The Difficult Transition to Stable Environmental Institutions
Pavel V. Kasyanov and Aliona V. Stovpivskaya
10. The Political Economy of Environmental Governance in the United States
Jason F. Shogren
PART II: NON-FEDERAL COUNTRIES
11. Chile: The Development–Sustainability Dilemma
Tommaso Chiamparino, Laura Piazza and Irene Venturello
12. China: Seeking Meaningful Decentralization to Achieve Sustainability
Changhua Wu and Hua Wang
13. The Danish Communes: Capacities and Constraints in Environmental Management
Mikael Skou Andersen
14. France: Forces Shaping Centralization and Decentralization in Environmental Policymaking
Albert Breton and Pierre Salmon
15. Capacity Constraints on Local Government Environmental Policies in Ghana
Felix Ankomah Asante
16. Italy: Towards Responsibility-sharing in Environmental Protection
Ivana Capozza and Giovanna Garrone
17. The Netherlands: An Integrated, Participatory Approach to Environmental Policymaking
Duncan Liefferink and Mark Wiering
18. United Kingdom: Environmental Policymaking in a Centralised, Market-driven System
Stephen Smith
19. Trends in Environmental Governance: Evidence from Seventeen Countries and Sundry Reflections Thereon
Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone
Index
Preface
1. Introduction
Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone
PART I: FEDERAL AND SUPRANATIONAL SYSTEMS
2. Australia: Preserving Biodiversity and Managing Water Resources
Jeffrey D. Petchey
3. Economic Growth and Environmental Protection in Brazil: An Unfavourable Trade-off
Clóvis Cavalcanti
4. Interdependence and Coordination in the Canadian Environmental Policy Process
Marcia Valiante
5. Ethiopia: Protecting Nature in a Developing Decentralized Country
Gedion Asfaw, Kifle Lemma and Sebsebe Demissew
6. European Union: Shifting Environmental Governance to the Supranational Level
Anthony R. Zito
7. Environmental Institutions in Germany: Leader or Laggard?
Stefanie Engel and Melanie Zimmermann
8. Overlapping Fiscal Domains and the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy in India
Subrata Mandal and M. Govinda Rao
9. Russia: The Difficult Transition to Stable Environmental Institutions
Pavel V. Kasyanov and Aliona V. Stovpivskaya
10. The Political Economy of Environmental Governance in the United States
Jason F. Shogren
PART II: NON-FEDERAL COUNTRIES
11. Chile: The Development–Sustainability Dilemma
Tommaso Chiamparino, Laura Piazza and Irene Venturello
12. China: Seeking Meaningful Decentralization to Achieve Sustainability
Changhua Wu and Hua Wang
13. The Danish Communes: Capacities and Constraints in Environmental Management
Mikael Skou Andersen
14. France: Forces Shaping Centralization and Decentralization in Environmental Policymaking
Albert Breton and Pierre Salmon
15. Capacity Constraints on Local Government Environmental Policies in Ghana
Felix Ankomah Asante
16. Italy: Towards Responsibility-sharing in Environmental Protection
Ivana Capozza and Giovanna Garrone
17. The Netherlands: An Integrated, Participatory Approach to Environmental Policymaking
Duncan Liefferink and Mark Wiering
18. United Kingdom: Environmental Policymaking in a Centralised, Market-driven System
Stephen Smith
19. Trends in Environmental Governance: Evidence from Seventeen Countries and Sundry Reflections Thereon
Albert Breton, Giorgio Brosio, Silvana Dalmazzone and Giovanna Garrone
Index
