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

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Computer filePublication details: New York : Routledge, 1996.Description: xvii, 254 p. : illISBN:

0415144450 (cloth)
0415144469 (pbk.)

DDC classification:

363.7/056 20

Subject: Addresses issues of environmental management that arise when national or state governments try to persuade local governments to be good stewards of the environment. Examining environmental management programs in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, it explores the merits of "cooperative" and "coercive" intergovernmental regimes and how they influence choices made by local governments about land use and development. Offers a new understanding of the management of natural hazards and of the appropriate policy mix for advancing environmental sustainability.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Addresses issues of environmental management that arise when national or state governments try to persuade local governments to be good stewards of the environment. Examining environmental management programs in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, it explores the merits of "cooperative" and "coercive" intergovernmental regimes and how they influence choices made by local governments about land use and development. Offers a new understanding of the management of natural hazards and of the appropriate policy mix for advancing environmental sustainability.

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