Environmental Policy: The Quest for Sustainable Development

Local Government and Sustainable Environment: European Perspectives

“…For European MDCs, however, this is no longer an unproblematic perspective because the status of CEE states on the rich state-poor state continuum is anything but clear-cut (Blowers, 1993). From an environmental perspective the new capitalist states of Europe have much in common with the world's LDCs: economically challenged and beset by environmental problems, the latter accumulated during more than 40 years of bureaucratic socialism.…”

“…The contested nature of the environment in Europe is not difficult to understand. The principle of externalities has emphasized the trans-frontier nature of major environmental problems (French, 1990;Blowers 1993), and workers such as Jack (1992), Marshall (1992) and Roseland (1992) have argued that local level strategies will play a key part in forestalling environmental crisis. The legitimacy of both the EU, as a supranational environmental player, and constituent regions and localities as monitoring agencies is now largely established.…”

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“…So why is it necessary to talk about environmental decision making at all rather than simply decision making? The T860 course team felt it necessary because there is increasing recognition that many of the decisions we make and actions we take, both individually and in groups, have an effect on our biophysical and social environment (Blowers, 1993;Orr, 1992). Yet without explicit reference to this aspect of environment, economic and political considerations often seem to dominate decision making in a way that excludes other considerations, such as natural/biophysical features.…”

EVALUATION OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE VIA THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY: Cases from Konya City Center

“…The constantly interacting components of ecological, socio-cultural, and economic sustainability both support and complement each other (Blowers, 1997;Reboratti, 1999;Sachs, 1997). The concept of cultural continuity/sustainability, which is considered as a sub-component of continuity, is defined as the ability of a social identity to change and adapt to present-day conditions without losing touch with its essence and origins.…”