The book describes and analyses how environmental issues are regulated in several federal, regional and unitary systems and in the European Union. The comparative analysis reveals common trends towards a multi-layered environmental governance, cross-cutting traditional distinctions among different state models.
In the second part, the case study of the management and protection of water resources is selected and analysed in the same legal systems. Disaggregating environmental protection into more specific competence fields allows trends and challenges to be tested.
The book casts light on the relationship between the state models as to the division of powers and environmental governance. It develops theoretical and practical foundations of contemporary, multi-level environmental law and challenges consolidated approaches in federal studies.
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The book aims at understanding the current distribution and use of powers over the environment among various layers of government and their consequences on environmental protection, comparing federal, regional and unitary State models and drawing theoretical and practical consequences.
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Preface Marco Onida Introduction Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo PART I: Forms of States and Environmental Protection PART I A: A Supranational (Quasi-Federal?) Organization: The EU 1. Environmental Governance in the EU Ludwig Kramer PART I B: Classic Federal Models 2. Environmental Governance in the USA Lee Paddock and Jennifer Bowmar 3. Environmental Governance in Germany Gerd Winter 4. Environmental Governance in Switzerland Nicolas Schmitt PART I C: Regional Models 5. Environmental Governance in Spain Agustín García-Ureta and Iñaki Lasagabaster 6. Environmental Governance in Italy Emanuela Orlando 7. Environmental Governance in the UK Colin Reid and Andrea Ross PART I D: (Really) Unitary Models? 8. Environmental Governance in France Alexandre Boiret 9. Environmental Governance in Poland Barbara Iwanska, Paweł Czepiel and Marcin Stoczkiewcz 10. Environmental Governance in the Western Balkans Olivera Kujundzic PART II: Case Studies: The Management and Protection of Water Resources PART II A: A Supranational (Quasi-Federal?) Organization: The EU 11. Water Management and Protection in the EU Elisa Morgera PART II B: Classic Federal Models 12. Water Management and Protection in the USA Lee Paddock and Lea Colasuonno 13. Water Management and Protection in Germany Wolfgang Köck 14. Water Management and Protection in Switzerland David Furger PART II C: Regional Models 15. Water Management and Protection in Spain Jorge Agudo González 16. Water Management and Protection in Italy Mariachiara Alberton and Ekaterina Domorenok 17. Water Management and Protection in the UK Sarah Hendry PART II D: (Really) Unitary Models? 18. Water Management and Protection in France Armelle Gouritin 19. Water Management and Protection in Poland Barbara Iwanska, Paweł Czepiel and Marcin Stoczkiewcz 20. Water Management and Protection in the Western Balkans Olivera Kujundzic Concluding Remarks Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo List of Contributors; Annex 1 Guiding Questionnaire; Index.
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Product details

ISBN
9789004235243
Published
2012
Publisher
Brill
Weight
947 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Thickness
37 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
556

Biographical note

Mariachiara Alberton, Ph.D. (2007), University of Siena, is Senior Researcher in Environmental Law at the Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, EURAC, Bolzano, Italy. She has published monographs and articles on international and EU environmental law and climate change.
Francesco Palermo, Ph.D. (1998), University of Innsbruck, is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Verona, and Director of the Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, (EURAC). He has published extensively in comparative constitutional law, minority rights, federalism.