Governing the environment  salient institutional issues /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Albert Breton ... [et al.]. 
 - Cheltenham ;  Northampton, Mass. :  Edward Elgar,  c2009. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 307 p.) :  ill. 
 - New horizons in environmental economics .
 - New horizons in environmental economics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Institutions : alternative solutions to the problem of assigning powers over the environment -- pt. 2. Issues in environmental governance : the comparative advantage of different levels of government. 
<br/><br/> This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines - economics, political science, environmental science and law - thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849801911 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009930864 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental policy.<br/>Environmental economics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.E5  / G666 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.7