Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries / Edition 1

by Helmut Weidner, Martin Jänicke

Overview

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 chapter 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642077326
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

The Political System’s Capacity for Environmental Policy: The Framework for Comparison.- Environmental Capacity Building in Australia.- Austria: An “Eco-land”?.- Brazil.- Environmental Protection Capacity in Post-Communist Bulgaria.- Canada.- National Environmental Policies: Costa Rica.- The Czech Republic.- Environmental Capacity Building in France.- Hungary.- Environmental Capacity-Building: India’s Democratic Politics and Environmental Management.- Italy.- Morocco.- Environmental Capacity in Mexico: An Assessment.- New Zealand.- Environmental Policy in Poland.- Taiwan.- Environmental Capacity Building in Vietnam.- Summary: Environmental Capacity Building in a Converging World.- Acronyms.- Appendix: Country Studies and Authors Included in Volume 1.