| Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Jörgens, H. (Other), Weidner, Helmut (Editor), Jänicke, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540431586 ISBN-13: 9783540431589 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: This book provides a systematic description and analysis of the development of national environmental policies in seventeen countries in terms of capacity building. It covers a broad spectrum of different types of countries, ranging from advanced industrial, newly industrializing and transition countries to developing countries, representing all continents. This allows the reader to draw conclusions about the chances of an effective global environmental policy, the interrelationship between economic and environmental development as well as the importance of globalization, new forms of governance, and democratization for sustainable development. The editors deliver a broad cross-national survey covering altogether thirty countries and focussing on the diffusion of environmental innovations, the globalization of environmental policy, and the worldwide convergence of basic environmental policy patterns. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| LCCN: 2002514363 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.24" W x 9.44" (1.70 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the second collection of systematic case studies describing national environmental policies in 17 countries in terms of capacity building (see Appen- dix). The OECD defines environmental capacity building as "a society's ability to identify and solve environmental problems. " While various institutions, including UNEP, FAO, World Bank and OECD, have hitherto used the terms environmental capacity and capacity building almost exclusively with reference to developing countries, we have extended the concepts to industrialized countries, as well. The first collection, edited by Martin Janicke, Helge Joergens (both Free University Berlin) and Helmut Weidner (Social Science Research Center Berlin), was pub- lished in 1997 under the title "National Environmental Policies - A Comparative Study of Capacity-Building" (Berlin, etc.: Springer Verlag). It included 13 studies of countries. As in the first volume, chapter I presents the conceptual framework underlying the national case studies. It is a slightly shorter version of the corresponding chap- ter in volume I. The design of all case studies in the two volumes is largely con- gruent with this conceptual framework. Although the various sections of the stud- ies do not always have identical titles and subtitles, the central elements of the capacity-building approach have been applied in all cases. |