Policy development and the estuary environment: a Severn Estuary case study.
Mar Pollut Bull
; 61(1-3): 132-45, 2010.
Article
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| ID: mdl-20117806
ABSTRACT
The paper reviews the development of key policy relating to estuary management, highlighting the trends and drivers in policy development which have shaped the management and protection of the estuary environment. Focusing on policy developments over the last three decades, the paper draws attention to the significant influence of European policy and new approaches to environmental governance in stimulating wider and more integrated approaches to the environmental management of the estuary, as well as highlighting considerable environmental improvements associated with increased environmental regulation. The paper discusses how 'fit for purpose' the policy framework is to address current challenges, including those identified by recent stakeholder consultations. Significant issues include limited understanding and information related to the cause-effect relationships between policy and environmental quality as well as ongoing institutional and policy fragmentation associated with devolutionary processes. Such fragmentation, alongside under-investment in integrated estuary planning, is likely to prove a particular challenge to balanced and informed decision-making. Whilst the paper focuses on the Severn experience, the approach adopted will be of interest to all assessing policy-environment linkages.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Formulação de Políticas
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Gestão de Riscos
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Água do Mar
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Desenvolvimento de Programas
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Rios
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Poluição Ambiental
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mar Pollut Bull
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido