ABSTRACT

Published in 1998, this is an analysis of the impact in Hungary of environmental policy following the Convention of Long Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) of the Economic Commission of Europe. The book focuses on central research issues but also analyzes environmental institutions and policy in Hungary more generally. It treats related themes such as the emerging role of the new autonomous local governments, the impact of privatization on acidification and environmental issues in Hungary and offers coverage of the influence of NGO's in democratic Hungary.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|8 pages

The Hungarian setting

chapter 6|8 pages

Hungarian air pollution policy

chapter 8|9 pages

Institutional capacity and development

chapter 9|18 pages

The Hungarian approach to LRTAP

chapter 10|20 pages

Protocols into policies?

chapter 11|12 pages

LRTAP implementation within Hungary

chapter 12|6 pages

LRTAP and Hungary: overall influences

chapter 13|8 pages

Hungary and the European Union

chapter 14|4 pages

Conclusion