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Record Nr.

UNINA9910222203103321

Titolo

Environmental management and governance : intergovernmental approaches to hazards and sustainability / / Peter J. May ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-76093-0

0-203-28141-1

1-280-31987-9

0-203-43987-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MayPeter J

Disciplina

363.7/056

Soggetti

Land use - Government policy

Hazardous geographic environments - Government policy

Central-local government relations

Environmental management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Intergovernmental approaches to hazards and sustainability; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Notes on authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Rethinking Intergovernmental Environmental Management; Part I Policy innovations in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia; Introduction; 2 Coercion and Prescription Growth Management in Florida; 3 Devolution and Cooperation Resource Management in New Zealand; 4 Toward Cooperative Policies Flood Management in New South Wales; Part II The policies in practice; Introduction

5 Policy to Implementation6 A Regional Government Role; 7 Local Planning, Compliance, and Innovation; 8 Sustainable Management Strategies; 9 Examining Outcomes of Cooperative Policies; Part III The policy innovations revisited; Introduction; 10 The Commitment Conundrum; 11 Prospects for Cooperative Intergovernmental Policies; Appendix: Methodological Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses aspects of environmental management that raise



fundamental questions about governmental roles and the relationship of humans to the environment.