The institutional complexity of environmental policy and planning problems: the example of Mediterranean desertification

Environmental policy and planning problems are inherently complex societal problems whose solution requires the deployment of particular combinations of environmental and human resources to achieve sustainable socio-spatial development. Resources are subject, however, to diverse resource regimes. A...

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Published inJournal of environmental planning and management Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 115 - 135
Main Author Briassoulis, Helen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.01.2004
Taylor and Francis Journals
SeriesJournal of Environmental Planning and Management
Subjects
Blocking
Complexity
Copyrights
Desertification
Documents
Environmental policy
Feasibility
Human resources
Institutional change
Management
Mediterranean Region
Natural resources
Optimization
Planning
Policies
Policy and planning
Political actors
Proposals
Regional planning
Studies
Sustainable development
Variance
Mediterranean Area
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Region
MED
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Summary:Environmental policy and planning problems are inherently complex societal problems whose solution requires the deployment of particular combinations of environmental and human resources to achieve sustainable socio-spatial development. Resources are subject, however, to diverse resource regimes. A stumbling block in devising and implementing solutions is the variance between actual resource regimes and those associated with proposed plans and policies as well as the possibility of combining them optimally. The paper explores how the institutional setting-the numerous and diverse actors and resource regimes involved-affects the output and outcomes of the principal stages of the policy and planning process, it offers proposals for institutional change and it suggests future research directions. Desertification control is analyzed as an illustrative example of a domain where institutional complexity is pronounced and crucial for the feasibility and effectiveness of policy and planning interventions.
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ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/0964056042000189835