This paper focuses on the changing political context for the resolution of transboundary environmental problems involving Hong Kong and the neighbouring Pearl River Delta Region (PRDR) of Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. Awareness of possible transboundary movements of pollutants between the Mainland and the former UK colony initially developed in the years prior to reunification in 1997. Since 1997, however, there has been increasing concern in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region about transboundary pollution resulting from rapid urbanization and industrialization taking place in the PRDR. Only now are studies under way to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and causes of these problems. Little progress has yet been made to put in place suitable institutional structures and related environmental planning and management approaches through which to tackle them. The paper examines the problems and dilemmas raised by transboundary pollution between Guangdong Province and Hong Kon...

Political Integration, Transboundary Pollution and Sustainability: Challenges for Environmental Policy in the Pearl River Delta Region

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The sustainable supply chain governance (SSCG) system performance

Monaco became a tourism destination for wealthy visitors in 1863 when ‘the Magician of Monte Carlo’ agreed to manage the new ‘Societe des Bains de Mer’. This gaming company provided Monaco with most of its revenues until the eve of World War II, although various princes had already started to diversify its economic base. The principality can survive as a separate entity only if it can support itself financially. Its leadership has stated in numerous venues that their foremost concern has been to apply strong sustainability principles. It would enhance those elements of the natural environment that could be incorporated in Monaco's progressive urbanization but it has never targeted ecotourists. Local residents, though (because) few in number, have been incorporated in the planning process. The scarcity of its resources has forced the principality to ensure the continued vitality of its attractions for both visitors (which now number in the millions) and investors, which it has successfully maintai...

Tourism, Development and Sustainability in Monaco: Comparing Discourses and Practices

Participatory approaches in governance and in knowledge production: What makes the difference?

Because of global ecological problems that have evolved over time into a global ecological crisis, there was a need to legally regulate anthropogenic, or human impact on the environment. Although there is still insufficient education of the population and economic entities about the possible consequences of such an impact on the environment as well as on the quality of life of each individual, environmental policy has proved useful in further preventing the spread of environmental degradation and all types of pollution as well as in the rational exploitation of existing natural resources. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the anthropogenic causes and global consequences of pollution. It's aim is to awake humanity to acknowledge it's role in pollution, i.e. how huge is the role of each individual in preventing possible pollution and improving the quality of life in case of rational behavior towards the environment. The author analyzes the implementation of the environmental managing system in the business practice of the companies which have integrated a corporate social responsibility for one of the main objectives.

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Upravljanje antropogenim utjecajima na okoliš

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing recognition that subnational actors are playing an increasingly energetic role in foreign affairs. The once robust notion that U.S. foreign affairs rest solely within the purview of the central government has become a relic of a bygone era. States, in particular, both out of necessity and as a result of new opportunities, have stepped onto the international stage in a variety of policy areas--including economics, environmental protection, politics and culture--not as stand-ins for the federal government, but as sovereign actors with their own unique role. Using Event History Analysis, this study draws on general policy adoption and diffusion theory to investigate the motivations of states adoption of international economic development (IED) and international environmental (IEnv) policy. The results of this analysis provide important insights into the similarities and differences in subnational environmental and economic development foreign policy adoption. Introduction Over the past two decades, there has been a growing recognition among international relations and federalism scholars that subnational actors are playing an increasingly energetic role in foreign affairs. Collectively, these scholars agree that the once robust notion that U.S. foreign affairs rest solely within the purview of the central government has become a relic of a bygone era. States, in particular, both out of necessity and as a result of new opportunities, have stepped onto the international stage in a variety of fora, including economics, environment, politics and culture, not as a stand-in for the federal government, but as a sovereign actor with its own role to play. The primary focus of the burgeoning literature on the subject of subnational foreign affairs has been its impact on national foreign policymaking and international relations. Far less is being written, however, about subnational foreign affairs from a state policy viewpoint. In fact, many of those integrally involved in the design, adoption, and implementation of subnational policy with an international orientation do not recognize these activities as "foreign affairs" or "foreign policy". (1) The fact remains, however, that states are interacting with foreign regions and their actions are designed to create some response from those regions, either in a positive mode (as in the case of international economic development), or in a more coercive mode (as in the case of human rights activity). Rather than focusing on whether states have a legitimate role in this realm, the more useful analysis focuses on how the "different advantages" can be leveraged. This, however, requires that we understand "which functions and policy instruments are best centralized and which are best placed in the hands of state and local government (Oates, 1998: p. 3)." Both the type of issues at play and the demand for action at a local level are forcing state and local governments to take a more active role in international policy. This is due, in part, to shifts in a variety of economic and social forces--economic globalization, devolution of federal responsibilities combined with decreased transfer payments to states, and overall increases in international connectedness. It may also be due in part to a shift in perspectives on what "national security" means. Although national security remains a fundamental function of the federal government, the definition of the term has moved away from the narrow concept of armed conflict, to a broader definition that includes economic security and physical health and well-being. Thus, national security now encompasses a broad array of issues from containing "mad cow disease" (BSE) to protecting intellectual property rights. These issues actively engage citizens on a local level both because they are issues that impact individuals' day-to-day existence and because they can have a significant effect on small and medium-sized commercial operations, rather than being distant issues that engage only the national policy elite and behemoth multinational corporations (MNCs). …

Subnational Economic Development and Environmental Policy in an International Context

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