Environmental conflicts are on the increase in all democratic industrial societies. In some areas, especially those involving big technology development projects, there is growing resistance to government intervention using conventional policy instruments. Therefore, political administrations...

Japan is the only country in the world that has an extensive, specially regulated compensation system for diseases considered to have resulted from environmental pollution. For certain types of diseases, the system provides for financial compensation and other benefits prorated according to the...

Anhand eines mehrdimensionalen Analyserasters werden Maßnahmen und Leistungen der Umweltpolitik in der Regierungszeit der konservativ-liberalen Koalition bewertet. Es zeigt sich, daß die Umweltpolitik der gegenwärtigen Bundesregierung im internationalen Vergleich als fortschrittlich und...

Zum ersten Mal wurde in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ein Mediationsverfahren zu einem Abfallwirtschaftskonzept durchgeführt. Es fand im Kreis Neuss (NRW) statt und ist von der interdisziplinären WZB-Projektgruppe Mediationsverfahren im Umweltschutz mit initüert und sozialwissenschaftlich...

The paper presents a brief overview on the most important developments in European clean air policy. Special consideration is given to the activities in the European Community using, among other things, the results of an international conference on clean air policies in large European cities. In...

Japan is the only country in the world that has an extensive, specially regulated compensation system for diseases considered to have resulted from environmental pollution. For certain types of diseases, the system provides for financial compensation and other benefits prorated according to the...

Environmental conflicts are on the increase in all democratic industrial societies. In some areas, especially those involving big technology development projects, there is growing resistance to government intervention using conventional policy instruments. Therefore, political administrations...