Community-Driven Regulation: Balancing Development and the Environment in Vietnam

by Dara O'Rourke

In Community-Driven Regulation Dara O'Rourke proposes a new policy model for pollution control, based on detailed case studies from rapidly industrializing Vietnam. He shows that environmental problems can be solved when affected community groups mobilize to pressure both state and industry and argues that this strategy, which he terms "community-driven regulation," used successfully in Vietnam, can achieve similar success in other countries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262650649
• ISBN13: 9780262650649
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher