Download or read book Changing roles for local and regional government in environmental management written by and published by VSP. This book was released on 1984-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International discussion of environmental management is essential not only because of the international nature of the problems concerned but also to enable workers in one country to benefit from the experience gained in another. This symposium provided an international forum at which to discuss the role of local and regional governments in environmental management. The success of future policies will depend, to a large extent, on the readiness of such local bodies to initiate, co-operate, co-ordinate and implement in this field. The book includes key papers by leading experts from Europe and the USA. Papers are grouped into three main areas: environmental requirements from various participants in the process; policy and practice; new demands on administration and management --- organisational, financial and managerial consequences. Also included are five short papers and the reports of three discussion groups.
Download or read book Les d fis de l environnement written by Denis Salles and published by Editions Syllepse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La question environnementale s'affirme aujourd'hui comme un enjeu majeur du devenir de nos sociétés. La réalité incite en effet à l'inquiétude : en dépit des nombreuses initiatives prises au niveau mondial comme au niveau local en faveur du développement durable, d'une meilleure gestion des ressources naturelles et d'une réduction des risques, les incertitudes demeurent et les problèmes persistent. L'objectif premier de ce livre est de questionner l'efficacité des réponses que les sociétés tentent d'apporter à la complexité des problèmes environnementaux. À partir de diverses recherches de terrain (gestion des zones humides, négociations de contrats de rivières, application des dispositifs agri-environnementaux), l'ouvrage s'attache à comparer les effets respectifs de procédures réglementaires et de divers dispositifs volontaires et concertés. Cette étude souligne que face à l'" injonction écologique ", les pouvoirs publics s'efforcent désormais de promouvoir des politiques environnementales présentées comme plus efficaces et plus équitables en jouant sur le double registre de la responsabilisation collective et l'interpellation et de l'implication individualisée.
Download or read book OECD Rural Policy Reviews China 2009 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the key socio-economic forces at work in China's rural areas and discusses the current government strategy for rural development.
Download or read book Local Loops written by Christoph Erdmenger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global State of National Urban Policy 2021 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Delivering Climate Action written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Urban Policy (NUP) is a key instrument to achieve sustainable urban development in a shared responsibility across countries, regions and cities. The scale and urgency of the current urban challenges has given prominence to NUPs. The COVID-19 crisis has amplified the potential of NUPs in shaping more resilient, green and inclusive cities as part of countries recovery packages.
Download or read book Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries written by United Nations Environment Programme Staff and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 1997 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African administrative studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for 1966- include sections: A. Studies, B. Documents and monographs, C. News of institutes and schools of administration, D. Bibliographical notes.
Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews France 2016 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the third Environmental Performance Review of France. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on energy transition and biodiversity.
Download or read book tudes et bibliographies d histoire environnementale written by and published by Presses universitaires de Namur. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actes des 2e RBel, Namur, décembre 2012
Download or read book OECD Rural Policy Reviews OECD Rural Policy Reviews China 2009 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the key socio-economic forces at work in China's rural areas and discusses the current government strategy for rural development.
Download or read book Politicization of Ecological Issues written by Gabrielle Bouleau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legitimacy of environmental policies is an issue of increasing concern for analysts. Ecological stakes are deemed to be global, but global public decisions are rare and implemented with difficulty. Dissensus prevails on environmental ethics and there is little evidence of any greening of policy tools. The global framing of the environment fails to account for how people relate to the ecological realities which surround them. Rather than placing the environment at a distance, Politicization of Ecological Issues advocates for building legitimacy from people’s perceptions of singular forms and patterns in their environment. Based on scholarly literature in political ecology and empirical cases of water policy in Europe, the book shows how the qualification of environmental realities has been politicized and translated into motives for public action. Similarly, it argues that theoretical debates addressing the ecological crisis are not only dealing with ideas, but rather advocating for specific environmental forms that are deemed to be motives of hope or worry.
Download or read book The Light Green Society written by Michael Bess and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-11-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accelerating interpenetration of nature and culture is the hallmark of the new "light-green" social order that has emerged in postwar France, argues Michael Bess in this penetrating new history. On one hand, a preoccupation with natural qualities and equilibrium has increasingly infused France's economic and cultural life. On the other, human activities have laid an ever more potent and pervasive touch on the environment, whether through the intrusion of agriculture, industry, and urban growth, or through the much subtler and more well-intentioned efforts of ecological management. The Light-Green Society limns sharply these trends over the last fifty years. The rise of environmentalism in the 1960s stemmed from a fervent desire to "save" wild nature-nature conceived as a qualitatively distinct domain, wholly separate from human designs and endeavors. And yet, Bess shows, after forty years of environmentalist agitation, much of it remarkably successful in achieving its aims, the old conception of nature as a "separate sphere" has become largely untenable. In the light-green society, where ecology and technological modernity continually flow together, a new hybrid vision of intermingled nature-culture has increasingly taken its place.
Download or read book Land Reform Land Settlement and Cooperatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cohesi n social en Europa y las Am ricas written by Harlan Koff and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recientemente, muchos observadores de políticas y prácticas de cohesión social han discutido que la globalización ha promovido la convergencia global hacia modelos neo-liberales en este campo. Similarmente, estudiosos y practicionarios de la política regional han contenido que las políticas sociales de Europa representan las "mejores prácticas" a nivel global y por ello han sido promovidas en otras regiones del mundo (por ejemplo en las recientes cumbres UE-Latinoamérica sobre cohesión social), lo que lleva también a la convergencia en la elaboración de la política. Este libro cuestiona estas afirmaciones y se pregunta si distintos enfoques regionales a la cohesión social son todavía pertinentes. El análisis trans-regional comparativo presentado en este volumen está basado en el examen de la competencia entre actores (poder), el papel de la historia y tradiciones sociales (tiempo) y la importancia de límites geográficos a la cohesión social (espacio).
Download or read book Green Neighbourhoods and Eco gentrification written by Elise Machline and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-25 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This SpringerBrief brings together a series of studies that delve into the details of French and Israeli green building practices and tell a tale of two countries which deviates considerably from what first impressions might suggest. In-depth data analysis, interviews with stakeholders, and on-the-ground documentation are used to paint a portrait of green neighborhoods in both large and small cities, and to shed light on the diversity of outcomes and the intricate web of interests leading to each one. In the Israeli cases, these dynamics reflect the fact that the private sector has become increasingly dominant in the residential building field, following a decades-long process in which the welfare state has shrunk, and the government has distanced itself from large social programs.The French solution to this dilemma is to mandate the inclusion of subsidized housing within its ecoquartiers, with the declared aim of promoting a diverse 'social mix' of population. Green building has yet to prove itself as a solution for the masses. The sale price of an apartment in a certified green building is significantly higher than what would be justified by either the additional construction costs required to build it, or the energy and water saving potential that can be realized by using it. The tale of two countries presented here suggests that neither the mechanisms of the market nor the proclamations of a welfare state can easily overcome this dilemma. What is needed is a new type of thinking, which can only emerge once the concept of "value" reflects not only the realities of a free-market economy, but also those of a planet which turns out to be distinctly limited in its resources.
