The Environment And Sustainable Development In The New Central Europe

Most assume countries joining the European Union must get outside help to meet sustainability standards. However, the contributors of these 15 papers based on those presented at a conference at the Center for Austrian Studies and the Center for Nations in transition at the U. of Minnesota in September 2002 report countries are finding solutions themselves. Topics on the environment include a comparative analysis of sustainability in the transition, capacity development and environmental reform, and the sustainability of clusters and regions at Austria's accession edge, those on economics include greenhouse gas trading in the Czech Republic and ecological reform of the tax system in Poland, while those on water policies and institutions include institutional learning about trans-boundary disasters and pilot projects. Agricultural and rural develop are addressed in papers about projects in the Carpathians, Slovakia, Moravia and Hungary. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Zbigniew Bochniarz, is affiliated to the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent over twenty years at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute where he founded a Center for Nations in Transition. The Center became an international leader in delivering foreign assistance for Central and Eastern Europe. His work focuses on economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability of transforming economies. He is the author, co-author and/or editor of over 100 publications.