Environmental Problems In East Central Europe

Author : Frank Carter,David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134688067

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Environmental Problems in East-Central Europe by Frank Carter,David Turnock Pdf

In this new edition, the progress made in the last decade to solve the environmental problems described in the first edition is assessed. The attempts to bring environmental legislation into line with West European norms is also described. Environmental Problems of East-Central Europe looks at air and water pollution, modern farming, water supplies, waste management and landscape protection. These topics are placed within economic, social and political profiles, as spending on a clean environment must be reconciled with welfare spending and the safeguarding of jobs, European Union assistance, civil society and the work of environmental NGOs are also discussed. All of these matters are considered within the context of the wider geographical area and then by each individual country, including the previously communist states lying to the west of the Soviet Union (now with the former federal states of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia broken up into seven different entities) and a review of the former Soviet Union with particular reference to the Baltic States. Environmental Problems in East-Central Europe provides a wealth of up-to-date reference material, with a vast amount of supporting literature on environmental conditions and the functioning of civil society and a map of each country. The environment is being taken seriously by them all, such is the influence of the Rio sustainability agenda in general and the EU environmental 'acquis' in particular. The book reveals that Eastern Europe is not a blighted area, but in some respects has a higher biodiversity than Western Europe. Although there is enormous waste and inefficiency in energy use, people actually consume relatively little and the East therefore has some lessons for the West in terms of managing on the bases of 'fair share' of the earth's resources.

Author : Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136311857

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Dilemmas of Transition by Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka Pdf

This volume explores the impact of democratization and marketization on the environment in East Central Europe. The essays investigate: how the twin processes of change affect the physical environment; the expression of environmental interest; and environmental management policies.

Author : Francis W. Carter,David Turnock
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Environmental Health
ISBN : 0415137578

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Environmental Problems in Eastern Europe by Francis W. Carter,David Turnock Pdf

Providing a comprehensive, descriptive analysis of a wide range of Central and East European countries, this updated paperback edition offers an invaluable study of pollution problems and effects on the quality of life. Revisions include: * new chapter on Slovakia, demonstrating the implementation of a number of practical measures which have made a considerable impact on environmental problems that arose under communism and have been tackled during the transition. * new concluding chapter which provides an important overview of recent developments in Eastern Europe and discusses topical issues such as health hazards and methods of charging polluters for environmental damage.

Author : Peter Hardi,Werner Weidenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UVA:X004021564

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Environmental Protection in East-Central Europe by Peter Hardi,Werner Weidenfeld Pdf

Author : Petr Pavlínek,John Pickles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134715572

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Environmental Transitions by Petr Pavlínek,John Pickles Pdf

Environmental Transitions is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both under state socialism and during the period of transition to capitalism. The change in politics in the late 1980s and early 1990s allowed an opportunity for a rapid environmental clean up, in an area once considered one of the most environmentally devastated regions on earth. The book illustrates how transformations after 1989 have brought major environmental improvements, as well as new environmental problems. It shows how environmental policy, economic change and popular support for environmental movements, have specific and changing geographies associated with them. Environmental Transitions addresses a large number of topics, including the historical geographical analysis of the environmental change, health impacts of environmental degradation, the role of environmental issues during the anti-communist revolutions, legislative reform and the effects of transition on environmental quality after 1989. Environmental Transitions contains detailed case studies from the region, which illustrate the complexity of environmental issues and their intimate relationship with political and economic realities. It gives theoretically informed ideas for understanding environmental change in the context of the political economy of state socialism and post-communist transformations, drawing on a wide body of literature from West, Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : F. W. Carter,David Turnock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:796049369

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Environmental problems in Eastern Europe by F. W. Carter,David Turnock Pdf

Author : Zbigniew Bochniarz,Gary B. Cohen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780857457165

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The Environment and Sustainable Development in the New Central Europe by Zbigniew Bochniarz,Gary B. Cohen Pdf

With the enlargement of the European Union, the accession countries are coming under pressure to develop and meet EU standards for environmental protection and sustainable development. In this ongoing process, global economic liberalization, regulatory policy, conservation, and lifestyle issues are all involved, and creative solutions will have to be found. Historians, geographers, economists, ecologists, business management experts, public policy specialists, and community organizers have come together in this volume and examine, for the first time, environmental issues ranging from national and regional policy and macroeconomics to local studies in community regeneration. The evidence suggests that, far from being mere passive recipients of instruction and assistance from outside, the people of Central and East Central Europe have been engaged actively in working out solutions to these problems. Several promising cases illustrate opportunities to overcome crisis situations and offer examples of good practices, while others pose warnings. The experiences of these countries in wrestling with issues of sustainability continue to be of importance to policy development within the EU and may serve also as examples for both developed and developing countries worldwide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : IND:30000120061001

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Environmental Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, and the Former Soviet Union by Anonim Pdf

Author : JoAnn Carmin,Stacy D. VanDeveer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000949575

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EU Enlargement and the Environment by JoAnn Carmin,Stacy D. VanDeveer Pdf

This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes -- capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed messages and conflicting priorities, non-state actor roles and developments, and the exchange of ideas and information - the volume shows that enlargement will change the EU, not just make it bigger, and that EU officials and programs are improving aspects of environmental policy in CEE countries even as they are making others less sustainable. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Environmental Politics.

Author : J. Alcamo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992-11-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1850704333

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Coping with Crisis in Eastern Europe's Environment by J. Alcamo Pdf

Along with the winds of political change in Central and Eastern Europe have come the realities of severely polluted air, water and soil. Among the greatest challenges for Eastern Europeans in the coming years will be to cope with these environmental problems during a difficult economic and political transition period.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 963044304X

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Strategic environmental issues in Central and Eastern Europe. 1. Regional report by Anonim Pdf

Author : REC,Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9630443066

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Strategic environmental issues in Central and Eastern Europe. 2. Environmental needs assessment in ten countries by REC,Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Pdf

Author : Detlef Van Vuuren
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : 9789280719550

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GEO-2000 Alternative Policy Study for Europe and Central Asia by Detlef Van Vuuren Pdf

The Global Environment Outlook (GEO-2000) explores alternative policy options for Europe and Central Asia focuses on energy use as an important driver for environmental problems across the region. It considers the question of what can be achieved by moderate measures, and whether this will be enough. The report includes an outline of the methodology for all region-specific studies on alternative policies for GEO-2000.

Author : Jürg Klarer,Bedrich Moldan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040674619

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The Environmental Challenge for Central European Economies in Transition by Jürg Klarer,Bedrich Moldan Pdf

In addition, the roles of sustainability and human values, the general public, NGOs, and the business sector are considered.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127342785

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Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf