Institutional Incentives And Sustainable Development

Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutional Incentives And Sustainable Development written by Elinor Ostrom and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1993-03-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present a method for systemically comparing alternative institutional arrangements for the development of rural infrastructure.

Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789158688360
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aid, Incentives, and Sustainability written by Elinor Ostrom and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clark Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789158688377
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aid, Incentives, and Sustainability written by Clark Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin Connor
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843769670
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutional Change for Sustainable Development written by Robin Connor and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . this book makes an interesting and worthwhile contribution to the ever-expanding body of literature on sustainable development and therefore is to be recommended. Karen Scott, Journal of Environmental Law . . . this is an essential text for the study of sustainability and institutional change, an invaluable professional development text for the practitioner, and a text to ponder slowly in all its complexities for an academic study of sustainability. Kate Crowley, Australian Journal of Environmental Management Does the road to sustainable development run through institutional reform or, better yet, institutional learning? In this well-argued book, Robin Connor and Stephen Dovers draw on a range of case studies to demonstrate the critical role that institutions play in determining the course of human environment relations. Oran R. Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US Connor and Dovers correctly argue that achieving sustainability is a long-term process. In this context, they analyze broad institutional innovations toward sustainability to date from Europe to New Zealand, from sustainability councils to property rights to suggest how the historical process might be improved and accelerated. This is among the most constructive efforts I have read. Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US It is clear that the transition to ecologically sustainable patterns of development requires significant institutional change, yet we face a paradox. Although institutions are the primary means of driving reform, they are themselves a root cause of unsustainable development and a barrier to positive change. This volume moves beyond the current debate by advancing our understanding of the nature of institutional change, the features of more appropriate institutional settings, and the manner in which change can be enabled. Institutional Change for Sustainable Development presents a flexible, accessible, yet robust conceptual framework for comprehending institutional dimensions of sustainability, emphasising the complexity of institutional systems, and highlighting the interdependence between policy learning and institutional change. This framework is applied and developed through the analysis of five significant arenas of institutional and policy change: environmental policy in the EU; New Zealand s landmark Resource Management Act; strategic environmental assessment; emerging National Councils for Sustainable Development; and transformative property rights instruments. From these explorations, key principles for institutional change are identified, including the institutional accommodation of a sustainability discourse, the interdependence of normative and institutional change; reiteration and learning; integration in policy and practice; subsidiarity; and legal change. Institutional Change for Sustainable Development will be of interest to researchers, policymakers and practitioners concerned with sustainability, resource management and environmental policy.

Author : Vito Cistulli
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251048368
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environment in Decentralized Development written by Vito Cistulli and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents an overview of the concepts and definitions of environment and sustainable development, showing the importance of environment and natural resources for the economies of developing countries. It provides basic knowledge and analytical tools related to environment/economy interactions and how these should be taken into account in decision-making at decentralized, or subnational, level. It reviews the role of government and the instruments at its disposal, in addition to regulatory instruments, to create a context in which environmental issues are analysed and addressed.

Author : Johan Holmberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Development Sustainable written by Johan Holmberg and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the idea of sustainable development is by now well established, discussions of how to progress from concept to reality often become mired in the complexities of global politics and offer few concrete solutions. While achieving sustainable development will undoubtedly require changes at the global level, the authors of this book emphasize that patterns of sustainable development must be built from the bottom up. They focus on methods for movement toward sustainability that can occur at the grassroots level. This book presents an integrated series of essays on the policies for sustainable development from one of the leading policy research institutes for environmental and developmental issues. It concentrates on the developing world and looks at the specific sectors to which policies must be applied. Beginning with a discussion of what constitutes sustainable development, it goes on to examine the institutional measures needed to mobilize human resources for change and the economic policies for sustainable natural-resource management. It then considers the policies needed in agriculture, urban development, industry, forests, drylands, energy use, finance, population, and consumption. The book ends with a discussion of the potential for financing new policy initiatives and the pressing need to reduce population growth and profligate consumption. Throughout, it demonstrates how those directly involved are best suited to manage their environments and resources. Policies for sustainable development depend upon the experience and resourcefulness of local people and require that they control their own futures.

Author : Arturo Israel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutional Development written by Arturo Israel and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic progress requires institutions with the ability to make effective use of the human and financial resources available. In developing countries, however, government agencies, public enterprises, and other public and private organizations often lack that ability. The author illustrates the importance of institutional performance in economic development and explores ways to increase the effectiveness of such institutions. Firmly grounded on contemporary theories, the book indicates that many of the commonly accepted principles of management and organization need to be modified, and new approaches developed. It describes various measures that managers and governments can adopt to improve performance in individual enterprises, sectors of the economy, and the country as a whole. He discusses in depth the managerial approach used in the training and visit system of agricultural extension. Ways of balancing economic, technical, and institutional factors in program design and reducing the complexity of projects are also considered. The author examines the reasons usually cited for their successes and failures. He then introduces two alternative factors that seem to offer better explanations of the patterns of institutional development. The first is specificity; the second factor is competition, which in addition to the traditional economic concept includes various pressures that can serve as surrogates for competition in the absence of a competitive market.

Author : Volker Beckmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402096909
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Institutions and Sustainability written by Volker Beckmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-07 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first vague idea to use Konrad Hagedorn’s 60th birthday as an inspi- tion for taking stock of his vibrant academic contributions, this joint book project has been a great pleasure for us in many ways. Pursuing Hagedorn’s intellectual development, we have tried to reflect on the core questions of humanity according to Ernst Bloch “Who are we?”, “Where do we come from?” and “Where are we heading?” In this way, and without knowing it, Konrad Hagedorn initiated a c- lective action process he would have very much enjoyed ... if he had been allowed to take part in it. But it was our aim and constant motivation to surprise him with this collection of essays in his honour. Konrad Hagedorn was reared as the youngest child of a peasant family on a small farm in the remote moorland of East Frisia, Germany. During his childhood in the poverty-ridden years after the Second World War, he faced a life where humans were heavily dependent on using nature around them for their livelihoods; meanwhile, he learned about the fragility of the environment. As a boy, he - tended a one-room schoolhouse, where his great intellectual talents were first r- ognised and used for co-teaching his schoolmates. These early teaching expe- ences might have laid the foundations for his later becoming a dedicated lecturer and mentor.

Author : V I Grover
Publisher : Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781578084098
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water written by V I Grover and published by Science Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-04 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is one of the most essential element for the survival of living beings. With the increase in demand and decreasing quality and quantity, water has become one of the major issues and problems in the world today. It is unevenly distributed geographically and temporally, resulting in surpluses for some people and a threat for others. This book covers topics on scientific aspects, governance, and best management practices. The book shows that good governance, policies for effective conservation and public participation are important for water use. There are a lot of examples of best management practices all over the world ? for effective and efficient use of water, community-based programs in North America, Asia and Africa. The book provides two case studies.

Author : Yew-Kwang Ng
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848260105
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WELFARE ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Volume II written by Yew-Kwang Ng and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare Economics and Sustainable Development theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Development and Economic Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This theme introduces welfare economics and sustainable development in four topics dealing with four important issues to be considered in implementing sustainable development. These are: the use of ethics and discounting and economic growth models in balancing the interests of future generations against those of the present; the advantages and limitations of national accounting methodologies as means of evaluating sustainability; the international dimensions of sustainable development arising out of environmental and economic linkages among nations; and the nature of institutions required to promote sustainable development. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.