Material Flow Analysis: A tool to support environmental policy decision making. Case-studies on the city of Vienna and the Swiss lowlands

Social, political and commercial organisations are stakeholders in the environmental policy decision making. Their mobilised power and counter power determine to a large extent the content of the decisions taken. Lately, the environmental movement in Flanders has grown stronger in members, professionals, financially,... but it remains relatively weak in comparison with the traditional, strong and aften pillarised intermediary organisations like unions, farmers and employers organisations. Especially its limited informal access tothe policy makers is incomparable with the exclusive and privileged access of those big organisations. Nevertheless the environmental movement is becoming a policy insider instead of an outsider, but this threatens the movements independence and its movement functions.

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Raising the Bar for Symbiosis, Life Cycle Assessment, and Material Flow Analysis Case Studies

Journal of Industrial Ecology ◽

10.1111/jiec.12003 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 1-1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Reid Lifset

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Case Studies ◽

Material Flow ◽

Flow Analysis ◽

Material Flow Analysis

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Integration of Demand for Landscape Amenities Protection to the Agri-Environmental policy

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun200452030119 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 119-124

Author(s):

Simona Kubíčková

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Market Failure ◽

Government Intervention ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Efficient Allocation ◽

Environmental Programs ◽

Policy Decision Making

Efficient allocation of land between competing uses deserves attention, due both to market failure and government intervention failures. In order to devise efficient agro-environmental programs for the management of landscape amenities, it is important to understand individual’s preferences. The purpose of this paper is, on the basis of the identification of the basic requirements of policy decision-making process, to assess the possibilities of integration of demand for landscape amenities protection to the agri-environmental policy.

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Cape Town’s Contested Hierarchy of Demand for Agricultural and Municipal Water in a Rainfed Economy 2017–2018

The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190669799.013.64 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 546-564

Author(s):

Anthony Colman

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

South African ◽

Water Policy ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Water Crisis ◽

Western Cape ◽

The South ◽

Water And Sanitation ◽

Policy Decision Making ◽

The City

The article provides an analysis of the stakeholders involved in policy decision making on water utilization, especially during the Water Crisis of 2017–2018. It looks at this through the prism of the meetings and key informants of the South African Parliament Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, the City of Cape Town Council and the farmers of the Western Cape. It also considers the effects of the prioritization of the use of water for drinking water and sanitation over agriculture. The South Africa water policy principles set by its Constitution and the Acts of 1996–1997 provide a comparator.

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