DEMOCRACY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN RUSSIA

Nicole Kovalev (), Johann Köppel (), Alexander Drozdov () and Eckhardt Dittrich ()
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Nicole Kovalev: Environmental Impact Assessment and Policy Research Group, Technische Univerität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 145, D-10673 Berlin, Germany
Johann Köppel: Environmental Impact Assessment and Policy Research Group, Technische Univerität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 145, D-10673 Berlin, Germany
Alexander Drozdov: Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, 29 Staromonetny, 109017 Moscow, Russia
Eckhardt Dittrich: Institute of Sociology, OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2009, vol. 11, issue 02, 161-173

Abstract: Since 1988, the Russian Federation has required that laws, plans, programs and all kind of projects undergo an environmental assessment. A mandatory component of the EIA in Russia is public participation. In this paper different case studies are used to find out to what extent public could influence environmental decision making processes from the early eighties until 2002. The cases selected include several where the public was passive or where it had limited activities, but also some where the participation was strong and projects were improved or stopped. As far as these case studies highlighted, the civil society in Russia can be described as an organized and sometimes strong factor in the approval process. The behaviour displayed by decision-makers, however, revealed at times a remarkable democratic deficit.

Keywords: Environmental assessment; public participation; civil society; case studies; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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