Abstract (may include machine translation)
Provides a geographical, economic and historical background to environmental policy and legislation in Hungary, and describes how by the end of the 1970s a uniform nationwide system of environmental protection was completed. The administrative system falls into a general management subsystem, covering the principles of environmental protection, and an interconnected management subsystem of special topics. The environmental decision-making process involves political and governmental decisions by the State, implementation of national economic plans, legal and economic procedures, and programmes of environmental education, together with a host of local government decisions. Policy implementation is examined in the contexts of land and soil, water pollution, air pollution, hazardous waste, noise, and nature conservation. Constraints and conflicts within a socialist society are noted, in particular the economic recovery of the 1980s versus environmental protection. -P.J.Jarvis
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Environmental policies in East and West |
| Editors | August J. Gijswijt, György Enyedi, Barbara Rhode |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Taylor Graham |
| Pages | 213-235 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Print) | 094756828X |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
