The environment and sustainable development in the new Central Europe. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Zbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. Cohen.
• Other Names: Bochniarz, Zbigniew; Cohen, Gary B, 1948-
• Contents: List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors Introduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New Beginnings; Zbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. Cohen Chapter 1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central Europe; Robert Wilkinson Part I: The Environment as Policy Priority Chapter 2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative Analysis; Sandra O. Archibald and Zbigniew Bochniarz Chapter 3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern Europe; Stacy D. VanDeveer and JoAnn Carmin Chapter 4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria's Accession Edge; Edward M. Bergman Part II: The Economics of Sustainable Development Chapter 5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech Republic; Jirina Jilková and Tomás Chmelík Chapter 6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in Poland; Olga Kiuila and Jerzy S´leszynski Part III: Water Policies and Institutions Chapter 7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to Sustainability; Václav Mezricky Chapter 8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional Learning; Eszter Gulácsy, László Pintér, and Jim Perry Chapter 9. Austria and the EU Water Framework Directive; Wilhelm R. Vogel Chapter 10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot Project; James B. Dalton, Jr. Chapter 11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River Basin; Igor Bodík Part IV: Agriculture and Rural Development Chapter 12. "Thinking Unlike a Mountain": Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the Carpathians; Anthony J. Amato Chapter 13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural Slovakia; Slavomíra Macáková Chapter 14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic Evolution; Antonín Vaishar and Bryn Greer-Wootten Chapter 15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd Basin; Judit Vásárhelyi Select Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 338.94307; Sustainable development -- Europe, Central; Environmental policy -- Europe, Central; Environmental protection -- Europe, Central; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Sustainable development; Hållbar utveckling -- Centraleuropa; Miljöpolitik -- Centraleuropa; Europe, Central
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857457165; 0857457160
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