Multilevel Governance, Decentralization and Environmental Prioritization: How is it working in rural development policy in Scotland?

Yang, A.L.; Rounsevell, Mark; Haggett, Claire

doi:10.1002/eet.1690

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“…In this context, the (Yang et al, 2015) study showed that there was a significant impact on the decentralization of economic growth. However, this study did not elaborate on the role of other factors that may have an impact as different application environments on the one hand and dimensions of decentralization on the other side.…”

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confidence: 99%

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2019

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The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of the decentralization dimensions represented in (goals congruence, autonomy and information asymmetry) on subsidiaries performance. The results have showed that there is a statistically significant impact for both goals congruence and autonomy on subsidiaries performance, whereas there is no statistically significant impact for information asymmetry on subsidiaries performance. In the light of the results, some conclusions were drawn, most importantly is that the increased awareness of the managers in subsidiaries by creating a kind of consistency or integration between objectives. Autonomy is an important factor that influences on performance, pointing to the degree of managers' freedom in making managerial decisions. The exchange of information between the subsidiaries within the same group is not considered as a basic requirement for disclosure. Based on conclusions, the study recommends to increase coordination between the objectives of the Organization to create a kind of partnership in achieving the objectives, increase the degree of freedom of management at the lower levels in decision-making, and focus on the quality of information disclosure within the organization.

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“…In MLG, a key challenge is integrating supranational policy into national and local government policy. As a result, MLG-ESC policies must allow local governments to craft and apply ESC policies in ways that reflect the local, situational context, an argument consistent with SCP theory (Yang, Rounsevell, and Haggett 2015).…”

Section: Multilevel Governance and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are numerous examples of MLG-ESC policy that address cooperative supranational climate change policy (Betsill and Bulkeley 2006), forestation/deforestation policies (Bottazzi and Dao 2013), decentralization of energy infrastructures (Goldthau 2014), water recycling (Hughes 2013), governance of marine ecosystems (Gruby and Basurto 2013), and forest management practices (Bixler 2014), among others. These policies vary significantly due to the MLG argument that local governance must be allowed to adapt supranational policy to local contexts to improve their efficiency (Yang, Rounsevell, and Haggett 2015). This approach is employed because local or community-level governments are closest to the manifestation of the problem being addressed and, thus, better able to recognize how that problem plays out within the context of their community; and it supports the SCP suggestion that a “one-size-fits-all” ESC policy may not be the most effective response to environmental harms.…”

Section: Multilevel Governance and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Situational Crime Prevention and the Ecological Regulation of Green Crime: A Review and Discussion

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2018

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Situational crime prevention theory suggests the need for innovative, non-criminal-justice polices to control crime, but that approach has not been widely employed by criminologists addressing the control of environmental crime. Numerous examples of innovative environmental social control practices can be found outside of the criminological literature; but within criminology, such studies have most often been undertaken by conservation criminologists, while green criminologists have undertaken empirical studies illustrating the ineffectiveness of traditional, punitive responses to environmental crime. Here, we briefly review the use of situational crime prevention theory and research by conservation criminologists and provide examples of environmental social control policies used by various nations that are consistent with situational crime prevention arguments. We also note that research and theory in other disciplines suggest that crime is produced by larger structural economic forces, indicating that situational crime prevention alone is likely not sufficient to control environmental crime.

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“…Forestry decentralization, for example, should allow local governments to take on greater decision-making roles with the intention of providing more targeted and informed decisions (Larson and Petkova 2011). Yet decentralization efforts are often limited by ongoing centralized controls, followed by heavy bureaucratic burdens (Larson et al 2007;Yang et al 2015a). The expectation from more centralized systems is that policies will be rolled out and implemented more uniformly.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%