1st Edition

Local Environmental Regulation in Post-Socialism: A Hungarian Case Study A Hungarian Case Study

196 Pages

by Routledge

Description

This title was first published in 2003. This text examines Hungarian local environmental regulation in practice rather than what should happen according to national legislation. The book is based on interviews with officials, regulators, firm managers and environmental groups in four localities in Hungary and on a national survey of local government officials. Numerous quotations from interviews... Read more

1 Introduction: the Hungarian Context 2 Hypotheses on Local Environmental Regulation 3 Székesfehérvár: Magnet for Multinational Capital and Green Utopia? 4 Györ: a Traditional Industrial and County Town 5 Nagytétény: Past Pollution and Limited Prospects? 6 Dunaújváros: the Legacy Effects of Being a Steel Town 95 7 A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Regulation in the Four Localities 8 Settlement Type and Local Government Environmental Policy in Hungary: the Role of Local Economic Structure and Local Government Resources 9 Local Economic Situation, Local Environmental Mobilization and Local Government Environmental Policy in Hungary 10 Conclusion