Local Enforcement of Pollution Control in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Guangzhou, Delhi, and Taipei

Autor:	Vandana Prakash, Ching-Ping Tang, Shui-Yan Tang
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Flexibility (engineering) Government Economic growth Public Administration media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Developing country Context (language use) Management Monitoring Policy and Law Democracy Environmentalism Business Enforcement media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Public Policy. 18:265-282
ISSN:	1469-7815 0143-814X
DOI:	10.1017/s0143814x98000130
Popis:	Environmental management typically involves multiple levels of government. Yet the intergovernmental context of environmental management in developing countries is seldom explored in the literature. This paper examines this issue by comparing the experiences in Guangzhou, Delhi, and Taipei, in which various types of unfavourable conditions create different problems for local regulatory enforcement. The study shows that, as commitment from the national government to local regulatory enforcement remains weak, the presence of local democratic institutions, legal remedies, and local environmental activism are key ingredients for checking against local enforcement slack. As legal remedies have various limitations, a bottom-up approach based on local flexibility, democratic processes, and environmental awareness and activism are more likely to bear fruit in the fight against pollution in developing countries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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