UID:
almafu_9960889719202883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
ISBN:
9780857457165
Series Statement:
Austrian and Habsburg Studies ; 7
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES --
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --
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Introduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New Beginnings --
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1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central Europe --
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Part One THE ENVIRONMENT AS POLICY PRIORITY --
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2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative Analysis --
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3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern Europe --
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4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria’s Accession Edge --
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Part Two: The Economics of Sustainable Development --
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5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech Republic --
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6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in Poland --
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Part Three: Water Policies and Institutions --
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7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to Sustainability --
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8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional Learning --
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9. Austria and the EU Water Framework Directive --
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10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot Project --
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11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River Basin --
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Part Four: Agriculture and Rural Development --
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12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the Carpathians --
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13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural Slovakia --
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14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic Evolution --
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15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd Basin --
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780857457165
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857457165
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857457165
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857457165
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857457165
