The Handbook of Environmental Voluntary Agreements

Design, Implementation and Evaluation Issues
2005
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3355-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 395 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1660 g

Reihe: Environment & Policy

Here is a practical reference which provides common methodologies, implementation rules and evalutation criteria for researchers, policy makers and business operators in the use of environmental voluntary agreements between regulators and polluters The book takes into account the variety of forms and application situations characterizing this environmental policy instrument, illustrating methodologies, implementation rules and evaluation criteria for researchers, policy makers and business operators.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Croci, Edoardo

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Elektroindustrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Voluntary Agreements in Environmental Policy.- The Economics of Environmental Voluntary Agreements.- Corporate Self-Regulation and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue.- The Poltical Economy of Voluntary Agreements.- Voluntary Agreements in a Rent-Seeking Environment.- Aspects of the Political Economy of Environmental Voluntary Agreements.- The European and the American Approach to Environmental Voluntary Agreements.- The Evolution of Environmental Agreements at the Level of the European Union.- The Use of Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policymaking in the U.S.- Negotiated Regulation, Implementation and Compliance in the United States.- Design, Negotiation and Implementation of Environmental Voluntary Agreements: National and Sector Approaches.- Efficiency Standards versus Negotiated Agreements in the European Electrical Appliance Sector.- Implementing the Duty of Acceptance in Flemish Waste Policy.- Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Portugal.- Designing Energy Conservation Voluntary Agreements for the Industrial Sector in China: Experience from a Pilot Project with Two Steel Mills in Shandong Province.- Evaluation of Environmental Voluntary Agreements.- On the Assesment of Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Europe.- Environmental Voluntary Agreements in the Dutch Context.- Analysing the Effectiveness of an Environmental Voluntary Agreement: The Case of the Australian National Packaging Covenant.- Towards an Integrated Performance Indicator for (Energy) Benchmarking Covenants with Industry.- Environmental Voluntary Agreements in Policy Mixes.- Environmental Agreements Used in Combination with Other Policy Instruments.- Using the Benchmarking Covenant for Allocating Emission Allowances: Are We Still Moving Ahead?.