Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries

by Martin Jänicke

Book Overview

This book is the second collection of systematic case studies describing national environmental policies in 17 countries in terms of capacity building (see Appen- dix). The OECD defines environmental capacity building as "a society's ability to identify and solve environmental problems. " While various institutions, including UNEP, FAO, World Bank and OECD, have hitherto used the terms environmental capacity and capacity building almost exclusively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540431586
• ISBN13: 9783540431589
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"