Environmental Protection: New Approaches

Blodgett, John E

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  RL30760
RP-ID  :  RL30760 2000-12-11

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes briefly a number of "new approaches," grouped under the following categories: Information: Approaches to improve the quantity and quality of information to enhance the knowledge base underlying environ- mental decisions (e.g., risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis).Public Sector Processes: Approaches to restructure governmental processes for making environmental decisions (e.g., devolution). Incentives: Approaches that emphasize incentives as opposed to regulatory or financial penalties for achieving environmental ends. Approaches that rely on markets and common law for environmental decisions to the extent possible.Approaches to inculcate environmental values in public or private managerial decisions (e.g., sustainability).