Title: Assessing the effectiveness of environmental governance regimes: remaining gaps

Authors: Miron Mushkat, Roda Mushkat

Addresses: Hong Kong Programme, Syracuse University, Jockey Club Environmental Building, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ' Brunel Law School, Brunel University West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK

Abstract: Thorny and stubborn manifestations of ecological degradation have elicited an array of institutional responses, in domestic arenas and through international channels. Many of the organisational mechanisms that have emerged in this context, displaying varying degrees of coherence and purposefulness, possess structural and functional attributes commonly associated with governance regimes. In recent years, the performance of such entities has been subjected to close scrutiny within a methodologically rigorous framework. However, the capacity to learn, resulting in creative innovation, and the degree of fit between them and relevant socio-political milieus has been accorded limited attention. The experience of post-socialist countries, in Asia/China and Europe, suggests that remedying this oversight in a holistic fashion would be a worthwhile undertaking.

Keywords: environmental governance; outputs; outcomes; impacts; learning capacity; creative innovation; fit; socio-political milieu; effectiveness.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2011.040247

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2011 Vol.12 No.2, pp.166 - 189

Published online: 23 Sep 2014 *

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