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Effective Environmental Management in Developing Countries Assessing Social Capacity Development

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ISBN-10: 023054276X

ISBN-13: 9780230542761

Edition: 2007

Authors: Shunji Matsuoka

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This is an investigation into how environmental qualities can be managed through social capacity development in developing countries. To this end, the book proposes a concept of social capacity assessment (SCA) and presents empirical tools for the SCA which can be used for the analysis in developing countries.
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Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 10/11/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Photographs
List of Abbreviations
Notes on the Contributors
Preface
Social Capacity Development: Theoretical Foundation and Assessment
Social Capacity Development for Environmental Management
Overview of capacity development
Social capacity development and social capacity assessment
Principles of social capacity development
Scoping of social capacity and the total system analysis
Social capacity assessment and policy design
Conclusion
Indicator Development of Social Capacity for Environmental Management
Why should we develop an indicator?
Three steps involved in indicator development
Applications of SCEM indicator development
Summary and conclusion
Directional output distance function
Actor-Factor Analysis for Social Capacity Development
Capacity assessment standards and framework
Setting capacity assessment standards
Developing a capacity assessment framework
Advantage of the actor-factor matrix
Development Stages Analysis for Social Capacity Development
Social capacity assessment and development stages analysis
Theory of development stages analysis and related case studies
Modelling the dynamic stages analysis
Towards the creation of an effective environmental policy
Designing Social Capacity Development Policy for Environmental Management
Policy design based on social capacity assessment
Steps in policy design
Social capacity development for urban environmental policy
Towards international environmental cooperation
Applications: Towards Effective Environmental Management
Social Capacity Development for the Reduction of Poverty
Introduction
Prioritization of policies
Regional characteristics
Applying the prioritization method to Laos, Vietnam and China
Conclusion
Social Capacity for Infrastructure Management
Introduction
Theoretical framework
Features for successful social capacity for infrastructure management
Cases in metropolitan Tokyo: the Tama area
Water management in Metro Cebu, the Philippines: from the perspective of the Tama area
Solid waste management in Metro Manila, the Philippines: from the perspective of the Tama area
Conclusion
Capacity Assessment and Project Design in Environmental Management
Summary
Background
Designing a project for capacity development in environmental management through capacity assessment
Setting the targets and framework for capacity development in project design
Design of a capacity development project: a case study on water quality management in the Philippines
Issues ahead
Social Capacity Development for the Protection of Endangered Species in Japan
Introduction
Challenges faced in sustainable development in Yambaru
Okinawa Rail's habitat
Conservation of the Okinawa Rail in Ada
Role of the individual social actors and their interrelationships
Essential elements enabling Ada to create and sustain its innovative activities
Conclusion
Appendix
Social Capacity Development for Environmental Compliance in Indonesia
Indonesian environmental policies, programmes and problems
Environmental dispute settlement
Lessons learned and recommendations
Steps to overcome shortcomings in environmental management
Author Index
Subject Index