Environmental governance and decentralisation [electronic resource] /
edited by Albert Breton ... [et al.].
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2007.
- 1 online resource (x, 668 p.) : ill.
- New horizons in environmental economics .
- New horizons in environmental economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Federal and supranational systems -- pt. 2. Non-federal countries.
Environmental policy, focusing on the control of pollution and on over-exploitation, easily overlooks the extensive range of interconnections between economic activities and natural systems. In this timely book, a number of specialists examine how crucial aspects of complex environmental problems and policy can be dealt with in decentralized governmental systems.