Environmental Law and Policy in the European Union and the United States

by Baker, Randall

• ISBN13: 9780275952624
• ISBN10: 0275952622
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

Authorities in the fields of environmental and international law and policy, political science, environmental technology, and public administration compare and contrast the ways in which the United States and the European Union handle similar environmental issues. The contributors critically analyze the influence of culture and history on the way apparently "similar" developed democracies handle the same problems; they examine the center-state relationship as it applies to EU member countries in contrast to states within the United States; they look at the challenge of transboundary, international, and global environmental problems, and how these relate to the still-emerging geopolitical reconfigurations involved in such structures as NAFTA and the EU; and they examine how transnational resources are handled in the North American and EU contexts. Randall Baker has assembled leading experts who examine significant issues for policymakers and environmentalists in North America and Western Europe.

Table of Contents

Part I: Rationale: The Underlying Issues	3	(16)
1 The Rationale Behind this Study	5	(14)
Randall Baker
Part II: The European Union and the United States: Two Systems Compared	19	(26)
2 European and American Political Decision Making	21	(10)
Willem G. van Hasselt
3 The European Union: Evolution, Nature, and Trends	31	(14)
Bernard J. S. Hoetjes
Part III: The Role of International Law	45	(30)
4 International Environmental Law: A Stocktaking	47	(8)
Menno T. Kamminga
5 Why Do States Take on International Environmental Law Obligations: A Comparison of the United States and the Netherlands	55	(8)
Mary Ellen O'Connell
6 Transparency and Locus Standi: Instrumental or Intrinsic Values in European (Environmental) Law?	63	(12)
Ellen Hey
Part IV: Environmental Law and Policy	75	(46)
7 The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Environmental Management in the European Union	77	(20)
Ernst R. Klatte
8 The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Environmental Policy in the United States	97	(24)
Paul Weiland
Lynton K. Cladwell
Rosemary O'Leary
Part V: Case Studies	121	(140)
Air Quality Management	123	(34)
9 Air Pollution Policy in the European Union	125	(22)
Kenneth Hanf
10 Air Pollution Control in the United States	147	(10)
A. James Barnes
Water Quality Management	157	(74)
11 The European Approach to Water Pollution Control	159	(10)
Carel H. V. de Villeneuve
12 The United States Approach to Water Pollution Control	169	(12)
Richard R. Bauer
13 The Uneven Geography of Managing Urban Storm Water: A Comparison of Two State Programs	181	(14)
Greg H. Lindsey
14 Water Pollution Control in an EU Member State: The Netherlands	195	(12)
Vincent W. J. van den Bergen
15 Transnational Dimensions to Water Management: The Great Lakes	207	(12)
Lynton K. Caldwell
16 Managing the River Rhine and Its Basin	219	(12)
Hans Wessel
Waste Management	231	(30)
17 The EU Regulation of Waste: Free Circulation or Self-Sufficiency?	233	(16)
Ida J. Koppen
18 Regulation of Solid and Hazardous Waste in the United States	249	(12)
J. B. Ruhl
Index	261	(4)
About the Editor and Contributors	265