The Environmental Challenge for Central European Economies in Transition [Hardcover]

Discusses the overall economic, social, political, and economic environmental issues in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland and the Slovak Republic since 1989. The problems experienced during the convergence of environmental policies, including the Environment for Europe Process, membership in the European Union and OECD, and implications for environmental policies when European accession occurs, are evaluated on a country by country basis. Compares past policies, present practices, and future plans.Regional Overview (J. Klarer & P. Francis).

Bulgaria (K. Georgieva & J. Moore).

Czech Republic (B. Moldan).

Hungary (Z. Lehoczki & Z. Balogh).

Latvia (V. Vilnitis).

Poland (M. Nowicki).

Slovak Republic (M. Huba).

Conclusions (P. Francis, et al.).

Index.

Jürg Klarer is the editor of The Environmental Challenge for Central European Economies in Transition, published by Wiley. Bedrich Moldan is a Czech ecologist, publicist and politician. Moldan is professor of environmental science, founder and director of the Charles University Environment Center. From 2001 to 2004 coordinating lead author of Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.There has been profound change in the overall economic, social and political circumstances of Central and East European (CEE) countries since 1989. This book looks at the environmental consequences of those changes with a special focus on the countries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland and the Slovak Republic. The book contrasts the environmental legacies of the past Communist regimes with the initial hopes and expectations existing after the recent democratic revolutions, and examines subsequent achievements in environmental protection through to the present day. Environmental challenges encountered during the transition period are analCY