Environmental governance the challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Legitimacy and effectiveness of environmental governance: Concepts and perspectives / Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig -- Participation in environmental governance: Legitimate and effective? / Jens Newig and Eva Kvarda -- More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature -- and moving forward / Jens Newig -- Legitimacy and policy effectiveness of national Strategies for sustainability in Austria / Eva Kvarda and Ralf Nordbeck -- The national park process in Denmark: A network governance approach to democratize nature policy-making? / Tove E. Boon, Iben Nathan and Dorthe H. Lund -- The challenge of coordination: Bridging horizontal and vertical boundaries / Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck -- The shift from hierarchy to governance in national park management: Analysing participation, coordination and political commitment / Kostas Papageorgiou, Kostas Kassioumis and Michael Vakkas -- Temporary governance and persistent government: Rural policy integration in pilot and mainstream funding programs / Lukas Giessen -- Reflexive governance: A way forward for coordinated natural resource policy? / Sabine Weiland -- Normative and analytical perspectives on the role of science and expertise in environmental governance / Michael Pregernig and Michael Böcher -- From truth to trust: Lessons learned from 'Climategate' / Silke Beck -- Scientific and local knowledge in the Danish national park process / Dorthe H. Lund -- Institutionalization of accountability within mission-oriented research: The example of the 'Decision support system forest and climate change' / Sabine Storch, Max Krott and Michael Böcher -- Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Environmental Governance -- Synopsis of Key Insights / Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig