A meta-level analysis of major trends in environmental health risk governance

Hens A.C. Runhaar, P.P.J. Driessen, L. van Bree and J.P. van der Sluijs

Journal of Risk Research, 2010, vol. 13, issue 3, 319-335

Abstract: Internationally but also within countries, large differences exist regarding how environmental health risks (EHRs) are governed. Despite these differences, at a meta-level some general trends can be discerned that may point to a convergence of EHR governance regimes. One, EHR governance regimes are increasingly taking into account cost-benefit considerations, sectoral goals outside the health risk domain, public concerns and stakeholder interests in early stages of decision-making. Two, EHR objectives are increasingly integrated in other, sectoral policies such as land use planning. Three, an increased differentiation of EHR standards is observed (partly as a consequence of the former characteristic). Still little systematic empirical research has been conducted on the dynamics in EHR governance regimes and their causes, on what EHR governance regimes have produced in terms of (perceived) risk reduction and on how these results can be explained. This paper proposes a systematic framework for analysing, explaining and evaluating shifts in EHR governance regimes. The framework in turn is applied to examine and understand the shift towards more integrated and differentiated EHR governance regimes.

Date: 2010
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