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Author : Alison Rieser,Judith Spiller,David VanderZwaag
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475714081
Author : Nathan Badenoch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112802231
This report explores options for enhancing regional environmental governance in Southeast Asia. It characterizes transboundary environmental challenges in MSEA, and examines the political, economic and environmental response to these challenges via four prominent regional institutions.
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region V.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : MINN:31951D019156772
Author : Stephen Brooks,Andrea Olive
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780887555619
Canada and the United States share a border that spans several of the world's major watersheds and encompasses the largest reserves of fresh water on the planet. The border that separates these two neighbors is political, but the natural environment is a matter of common concern. In recent years, dramatic changes have taken place in the political and environmental landscapes that shape the conversations, possibilities, and processes associated with the management of this shared interest. More than ever, Indigenous populations are recognized to be a necessary part of negotiations and decision-making regarding matters ranging from pipelines to the protection of endangered species' habitats. Globalization and, in particular, the continuing elaboration of a transnational conversation and architecture for addressing issues related to climate change have ramifications for Canada-U.S. transboundary issues. The contributors to this volume examine the state of the existing transboundary relationship between Canada and the United States, including the governance structures and processes, the environmental impacts and adequacy of these structures and processes, and the opportunities and obstacles that exist for reform and improved outcomes.
Author : Robert G. Healy,Debora L. VanNijnatten,Marcela López-Vallejo
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442693777
This comprehensive analysis of key issues in North American environmental policy provides an overview of how the US, Mexico, and Canada differ in their environmental management approaches and capacity levels, and how these differences play into cross-border cooperation on environmental problems. The book offers insights into transboundary cooperation both before and after NAFTA, and presents a framework for making environmental interaction more effective in the future. The book is organized into two parts. The first, more general, section compares the national contexts for environmental management in each country—including economic conditions, sociocultural dynamics, and political decision-making frameworks— and shows how these have led to variations in policy approaches and levels of capacity. The authors argue that effective environmental governance in North America depends on the ability of transboundary institutions to address and mediate these differences. The book's second section illustrates this argument, using four case studies of environmental management in North America: biodiversity and protected areas, air pollution (smog); greenhouse gas reduction, and genetically modified crops.
Author : Simon Marsden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317008040
Effective protection of the marine and terrestrial environment increasingly requires cooperation between neighbouring States, international organizations, government entities and communities within States. This book analyses key aspects of transboundary environmental law and policy and their implementation in Asia, Australasia and Australian offshore territories, and surrounding areas beyond national jurisdiction including Antarctica. It discusses the potential for implementing key transboundary environmental mechanisms such as the 1991 Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its 1997 Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev Protocol) in Australia and Asia drawing on experience from other regions and the potential application of these agreements to all UN member states. The book makes an innovative contribution to research in the area of transboundary environmental governance particularly as it applies to Asia, Australasia and international areas, supplementing similar research which has predominantly focused on Europe and North America.
Author : Alexander E. Farrell,Jill Professor Jäger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136524172
As environmental challenges grow larger in scale and implications, it is increasingly important to apply the best scientific knowledge in the decisionmaking process. Editors Farrell and Jäger present environmental assessments as the bridge between the expert knowledge of scientists and engineers on the one hand and decisionmakers on the other. When done well, assessments have a positive impact on public policy, the strategic decisions of private firms, and, ultimately, the quality of life for many people. This book is the result of an international, interdisciplinary research project to analyze past environmental assessments and understand how their design influenced their effectiveness in bringing scientific evidence and insight into the decisionmaking process. The case studies in the book feature a wide range of regional and global risks, including ozone depletion, transboundary air pollution, and climate change. Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks offers several important contributions. It provides a clear account of the choices faced in the design of environmental assessments and a clear description of the lessons learned from past assessments. It illustrates why assessments are social processes, not simply reports. And, while they identify no universal, one-size-fits-all design, the authors find that, to be effective, environmental assessments must be viewed by those who produce and use them as being salient; credible in their scientific support; and legitimate, or fair in design and execution.
Author : Igor Linkov,Abou Bakr Ramadan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402022432
Decision making in environmental projects is typically a complex and confusing process characterized by trade-offs between socio-political, environmental, and economic impacts. Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) is a methodology applied to facilitate decision making when various activities compete for limited resources. CRA has become an increasingly accepted research tool and has helped to characterize environmental profiles and priorities on the regional and national level. CRA may be considered as part of the more general but as yet quite academic field of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). Considerable research in the area of MCDA has made available methods for applying scientific decision theoretical approaches to multi-criteria problems, but its applications, especially in environmental areas, are still limited. The papers show that the use of comparative risk assessment can provide the scientific basis for environmentally sound and cost-efficient policies, strategies, and solutions to our environmental challenges.
Author : Jane Holder,Maria Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521690269
This 2007 book examines environmental law from a range of perspectives, emphasising the policy world from which environmental law is drawn and nourished. Those working within the discipline of environmental law need to engage with concepts and methods employed by disciplines other than law. The authors analyse the ways in which legal activities are supported and legitimated by work in traditional scientific or technical domains, as well as by certain more obscure but also influential cultural or philosophical assumptions. A range of regulatory techniques is explored in this book, through a close examination of both pollution control and land use. The highly complex nature of current environmental problems, demanding sophisticated and responsive legal controls, is illustrated by several in-depth case studies, including legal and policy analysis of the highly contested issues of genetically modified organisms and renewable energy projects.
Author : C.J. Bastmeijer,Timo Koivurova
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047423386
In this book, thirteen systems of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (TEIA) are assessed that exist or are in development in different parts of the world. Although TEIA is generally associated with EIA between territorial states, this book takes a broader approach and is divided into three sub-parts: Transboundary EIA between states, EIA for activities in international and shared areas, and EIA required by international financial institutions.
Author : John E. Moerlins,Mikhail K. Khankhasayev,Steven F. Leitman,Ernazar J. Makhmudov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402067365
The Central Asian republics and neighboring countries are currently experiencing problems related to the availability and efficient/equitable distribution of freshwater. This book contains papers from a NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshop that was organized to address these concerns. It addresses the myriad of issues involving shared freshwater among the countries in this region, discussing ecology, law, economics, politics, water policy and integrated water management.
Author : Jos G. Timmerman,Sindre Langaas
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843390381
Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management aims to examine the role of information in transboundary river basin and water management, and the way it is used (or not) in policy and decision and decision-making within the wider European area. While having forward-looking perspective justified by the ongoing implementation of the EU water Framework Directive among EU Member States and Candidates Countries, many of the chapters draw on the experiences gained from the past and existing transboundary river basin co-operation experiences. Chapters are organised according to a framework that shows the sharing of water resources to be based upon a foundation of integrated water resources management, supported by three pillars: Politics - concerned with the enabling of sharing water resources, including the recognition of differences in riparian interests and international collaboration. Technical cooperation - concerned with concrete co-operation including exchange of information; tools and techniques to produce, use and disseminate information; joint research programmes; joint river basin plans; and joint ventures i.e. jointly performed water management actions. Legal-institutional - dealing with institutions and legal instruments that support the vision of fair and equitable sharing of international water resources; this pillar finds its basis in internationally laid down principles of cross border co-operation. Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management will appeal to professionals involved in the various aspects of transboundary river basin co-operation, both on strategic and operational levels, but also to the academic community concerned with the study of transboundary river basin or water management. It will also be an important source for graduate students in (transboundary) river basin management.
Author : Linda Fernandez,Richard T. Carson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780306479618
The Mexican -- United States border represents much more than the meeting place of two nations. Our border communities are often a line of first defense -- absorbing the complex economic, environmental and social impacts of globalization that ripple through the region. In many ways, our success or failure in finding solutions for the environmental, social and economic issues that plague the region may well define our ability to meet similar challenges thousands of miles from the border zone. Border residents face the environmental security concerns posed by water scarcity and transboundary air pollution; the planning and infrastructure needs of an exploding population; the debilitating effects of inadequate sanitary and health facilities; and the crippling cycle of widespread poverty. Yet, with its manifold problems, the border area remains an area of great dynamism and hope -- a multicultural laboratory of experimentation and grass-roots problem-solving. Indeed, as North America moves towards a more integrated economy, citizen action at the local level is pushing governments to adapt to the driving forces in the border area by creating new institutional arrangements and improving old ones. If there is one defining feature of this ground-up push for more responsive transboundary policies and institutions, it is a departure from the closed, formalistic models of the past to a more open, transparent and participatory model of international interaction.
Author : Council of Europe,Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287135924
Author : Virginia H. Dale,Mary R. English
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461214182
This book is unique in identifying and presenting tools to environmental decision-makers to help them improve the quality and clarity of their work. These tools range from software to policy approaches, and from environmental databases to focus groups. Equally of value to environmental managers, and students in environmental risk, policy, economics and law.