Iceland’s environmental sustainability: Status and government involvement
Environmental sustainability aims at protecting the natural capital so that future generations are not at disadvantage when in comes to utilizing natural resources. The purpose of this study was to get the view of experts on how environmental sustainable Iceland is and what are the strengths, weakne...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ce3ebcceb52845babe2ae1185b0feead 2023-05-15T16:47:50+02:00 Iceland’s environmental sustainability: Status and government involvement Lára Jóhannsdóttir Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir Snjólfur Ólafsson 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.13 https://doaj.org/article/ce3ebcceb52845babe2ae1185b0feead EN IS eng ice University of Iceland http://www.irpa.is/article/view/1602 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6803 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-679X 1670-6803 1670-679X doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.13 https://doaj.org/article/ce3ebcceb52845babe2ae1185b0feead Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 445-472 (2014) Rýnihóparannsókn umhverfisleg sjálfbærni stefnumörkun stjórnsýsla umbætur Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.2.13 2022-12-31T14:53:06Z Environmental sustainability aims at protecting the natural capital so that future generations are not at disadvantage when in comes to utilizing natural resources. The purpose of this study was to get the view of experts on how environmental sustainable Iceland is and what are the strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities. Data were collected through focus-group interviews with experts in the fields of biodiversity, energy, water, land-use planning, waste, ocean and beaches, and atmosphere. Additionally, masters students participated in a focus-group interview. The results show that although the experts were asked to discuss various environmental sustainability themes, similar discussion on administrative issues took place in all of the focus-groups. The topics discussed included government strategy, measurement and control, law and regulations, economic instruments, government administration, politics, planning, stakeholders, research and collaboration. The discussion in the focus-groups centred more on administrative weaknesses and need for improvements, rather than governance strengths related to environmental sustainability issues. It can therefore be assumed that there is work to be done when it comes to administrative aspects of environmental sustainability in Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 10 2 445 |
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Environmental sustainability aims at protecting the natural capital so that future generations are not at disadvantage when in comes to utilizing natural resources. The purpose of this study was to get the view of experts on how environmental sustainable Iceland is and what are the strengths, weaknesses and improvement opportunities. Data were collected through focus-group interviews with experts in the fields of biodiversity, energy, water, land-use planning, waste, ocean and beaches, and atmosphere. Additionally, masters students participated in a focus-group interview. The results show that although the experts were asked to discuss various environmental sustainability themes, similar discussion on administrative issues took place in all of the focus-groups. The topics discussed included government strategy, measurement and control, law and regulations, economic instruments, government administration, politics, planning, stakeholders, research and collaboration. The discussion in the focus-groups centred more on administrative weaknesses and need for improvements, rather than governance strengths related to environmental sustainability issues. It can therefore be assumed that there is work to be done when it comes to administrative aspects of environmental sustainability in Iceland. |
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