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- In the late 1980s there
was still a lack of mutual understanding of how governments exercised
environmental policies. This important book sought to help remove
this obstacle, by filling the information gap. It was the first
co-operative publication project on environmental policies, written
by experts from fourteen countries in Eastern and Western Europe.
The authors include geographers, economists, sociologists, lawyers,
engineers and physicists, all working in this vitally important
area.
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- Prepared under the auspices of the European Co-ordination
Centre for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences,
Vienna, the volume deals in detail with the physical, geographical
and historical background to environmental problems; economic
and environmental indicators; institutional structures and the
links between levels of national administrations; and the environmental
decision-making process, including environmental laws, monitoring,
economic instruments, and public participation and education.
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- To improve mutual understanding during the preparation of
the book, authors from socialist countries were asked to comment
on and criticise national reports prepared by authors from market
economies, and vice-versa. In concluding chapters, the book goes
beyond national borders and deals with collaborative arrangements
for environmental protection in European socialist countries
and in Western Europe respectively.
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- This is an essential sourcebook for all concerned with contemporary
environmental protection.
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- ISBN 0 947568 28 X
- 1987
- £35.00/US$65.00
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- 'contains a wealth of information about the politics,
economics, institutions, practices and constraints of environmental
protection throughout Europe.... a new network has been established
between environmental researchers in 14 countries through the
writing of this book.'
- European Environment Review
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- 'This is a book for which many of us have been waiting
for some time.... an intriguing and enlightening overview of
European environmental problems and the policies for their management....
it will certainly have a permanent place on my own shelf of essential
books of reference.'
- Journal of Environmental Management
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- 'This book is a pioneer work of comparative analysis in
environmental decision-making. As such, environmentalists and
administrators, as well as the large numbers of public now taking
a keen interest in ecological matters, will find it illuminating
reading.'
- Nature
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- 'Regardless of one's final interpretation of the events
portrayed in this book, it is an enjoyable and informative book
to read.'
- Environment International
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