Thesis (Ph.D.)--Umeå universitet. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 1, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-454).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1992. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 440-474).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 112-117).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 339-358).

Environmental policy debates are gaining momentum in the public square from scholars and citizens alike. From all sides of the debate, a growing consensus is emerging that advocates a shift in the environmental regulatory system in the United States from one that emphasizes command and control regulations to one that advocates collaboration between the regulator and regulatee. Although this dialogue is expanding, the research literature largely remains silent on a critical component of the environmental regulatory system — the individuals on the front-lines. Most notably, these front-line workers are environmental compliance inspectors and the individuals that inspectors deal with at regulated facilities. Inspectors and facility personnel are largely responsible for the implementation of environmental regulation in the U.S., yet they are overlooked in the discussion of regulation, past and present. These key actors are of tremendous significance and must be considered in discussions of environmental policy. In particular, the interactions of these two important groups of actors merit exploration. This research examines the interactions of inspectors and facility personnel in Virginia and investigates contentions that the relationships in the environmental regulatory system lack trust. One-on-one interviews were conducted with nearly four dozen inspectors and facility personnel in Virginia to seek answers to the question: How does trust factor into the relationships between environmental compliance inspectors and facility personnel in Virginia? In contrast to presumptions in the literature, this study finds evidence of positive relationships between these two seeming adversaries and asserts that trust is present in these interactions. Accordingly, there are potentially significant implications of these findings for future environmental policy. These implications include the realization that the relationships are positive, that there may indeed be differences between relationships at the state versus federal level and the experiences at one level dominate prevailing perceptions, and that traditional assumptions of command and control regulations may not be as valid as previously thought. / Ph. D.

This diploma thesis deals with the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic which main objective is to support ecological measures taken in accordance to the State Environmental Policy and principles of the environmental protection of the Czech republic. Apart from that it represents basic economical instrument of fulfilment of duties imposed by international treaties on environmental protection and by the membership of the European Union. The main goal of this thesis is to describe this intitution and to try to outline possible development de lege ferenda. For the accurate delimitation of the Fund in the structure of public finances, the thesis contains a large general part dealing with public funds. The diploma thesis is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter deals with the theoretical foundation which is necessary for understanding of the other factors. The reader familiarises himself with the area of public finance and financial management. The second chapter follows up with the general foundation and presents financial management and also describes the structure of each off-budgetary fund. The next chapter concerns with funds on the state level, especially with the category of state funds which are six in the Czech Republic for the present. The fourth part focuses on the...

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Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2002. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79)

The diploma thesis focuses on the state support for environmental protection in the Czech Republic and mainly the allocations from the state budget and from the State environmental fund. In the first part is defined the role of the state by supporting environment with looking on the actual stadium of environment and its reasons. Subsequently are analyzed the forms of state support and is discussed the question of the sense of the State environmental fund existence. The last part is devoted to the looking on the concrete public expenses in the environment and their efficiency.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:46:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fulvia Leticia Perego Silva.pdf: 790751 bytes, checksum: 47f606ab3afcfc830c67cc0c81d1fda9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / This research study aims to discuss the fight for the rule of environmental law, bringing with it a reflection of the scope and limits of environmental legal standard. We live in the twenty-first century in increasing changes and accelerated by economic and technological development, by engendering the environmental crisis and risk society facility. In this scenario, the state and the law must manifest in order to try to solve or at least develop possible solutions to combat the effects of risk society, fighting for the survival of mankind and ensure for future generations. The Brazilian environmental law is considered one of the most advanced in the world regarding environmental legal protection. However, the struggle for a state of effective environmental law, ie, the actual implementation of rules that change the existing social and environmental facts, are several limits. Then comes the central issue of this research project: what is the scope and what are the limits of environmental legal norm by a State Environmental Law? In trying to find answers to such a complex question, it was used in this work, as methodology, eminently literature, with the compass the fact that the struggle for a State Environmental Law comes necessarily from the existing dilemma between the depletion tax threshold the known economic models and the desired scope for environmental protection. Such a dilemma goes beyond the rule of law, since it necessarily involves great environmental importance of awareness of not only the State as a legal entity, but for all its members, ie the community which seamlessly must participate responsibly and ethics, realizing the desired range by environmental legal standard, that is, the effective protection of the environment. / O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo discorrer sobre a luta pelo Estado de Direito Ambiental, trazendo consigo uma reflexão do alcance e do limite da norma jurídica ambiental. Vivemos no século XXI em transformações crescentes e aceleradas pelo desenvolvimento econômico e tecnológico, pelo engendramento da crise ambiental e instalação da sociedade de risco. Neste cenário, o Estado e o Direito precisam se manifestar com a finalidade de tentar resolver ou pelo menos elaborar possíveis soluções para combater os efeitos da sociedade de risco, lutar pela sobrevivência da humanidade e garantir a das futuras gerações. O ordenamento jurídico ambiental brasileiro é considerado um dos mais avançados do mundo quanto à tutela jurídica ambiental. No entanto, a luta por um Estado de Direito Ambiental efetivo, isto é, a aplicação real de normas que mudem os fatos sociais e ambientais vigentes, encontra vários limites. Surge, então, a problemática central do presente projeto de pesquisa: qual o alcance e quais os limites da norma jurídica ambiental por um Estado de Direito Ambiental? Na tentativa de encontrar respostas a tão complexa indagação, utilizou-se neste trabalho, como metodologia, a pesquisa eminentemente bibliográfica, tendo como bússola o fato de que a luta por um Estado de Direito Ambiental nasce necessariamente do dilema existente entre o limite imposto pelo esgotamento dos modelos econômicos conhecidos e o alcance pretendido pela proteção ambiental. Tal dilema vai além da norma jurídica, posto que passa obrigatoriamente pela tomada de consciência da grande importância ambiental não só pelo Estado como ente jurídico, mas por todos os seus integrantes, ou seja, a coletividade, que de forma integrada deve participar com responsabilidade e ética, concretizando o alcance pretendido pela norma jurídica ambiental, ou seja, a efetiva proteção do meio ambiente.