Governance for sustainable development
Subtitle: five OECD case studies.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Sustainable development -- OECD countries.; Environmental protection -- OECD countries.; Environmental policy -- OECD countries.
Description: This publication presents five governmental experiments aimed at promoting sustainable development in Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These countries were selected on the basis of their diversity in terms of size and natural conditions. They also display a variety of economic, environmental and social conditions and cultural patterns. The five case studies illustrate specific institutional and decision-making efforts to adapt governance frameworks in order to respond to sustainable development challenges. The country studies are introduced by an analytical section, which focuses mainly on the way governments (at all levels) could develop integrated approaches to decision-making, on how they could ensure effective participation of civil society, and how they could improve their capacity to "take a longer-term view" - that is to design policies that remain sustainable over the longer-term.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Improving governance for sustainable development: learning from experience in five OECD countries; title: Canada; title: Germany; title: Japan; title: Netherlands; title: United Kingdom.