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.

9781847209917 (e-book)

2007025583


Environmental policy.
Intergovernmental cooperation.


Electronic books.

HC79.E5 / E5775 2007

333.7