REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN EASTERN EUROPE: AIR QUALITY IN KATOWICE PROVINCE, POLAND
✍ Scribed by Slocock, Brian ;Sowinski, Marek
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 753 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-0405
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✦ Synopsis
The severe and widespread damage sustained by the environment under the communist regimes of Eastern Europe follows a pattern typical of developing industrial societies: industrial growth, pursued regardless of its environmental consequences, has concentrated environmentally damaging production close to the centres of raw materials and energy resources. There is thus a strong regional dimension to the pattern of environmental damage and to the task of cleaning up this damage in post-communist societies. The progress to date since the end of the communist era in Katowice is explored. Although significant progress has been made, there is a need for stronger regional institutions and for effective policy co-ordination at the national level.