Objective To analyze the significance of national and international patterns of distribution of economic and ecological resources to the social acceptance of environmental policy. On the basis of such analysis, provide recommendations to solve distribution conflicts which affect the environmental policy of the European Union.The project is based on the hypothesis that both economic and ecological distribution conflicts have an important influence on environmental policy and on the social sensitivity towards environmental issues. The project consists of three parts: i) evaluation of present theories and models about distribution, and development of a conceptual framework -based on an evolutionary approach- for the understanding of the interactions between economic and ecological distribution; ii) the theoretical concept is investigated in two case-studies that examine the formulation of policies to tackle acid rain and the greenhouse effect in two EU member countries, the Netherlands and Spain. The case studies focus on the following aspects: the distribution of the access to and use of environmental resources and the distribution of income; the national goals of environmental policy and the preferred mixture of policy instruments; the distributional effects of the selected environmental instruments; the role and interests of the relevant lobby groups in regard to the above topics. iii) suggestions for an environmental policy which considers the advantages and disadvantages of harmonization of environmental measures at the European level are developed, based upon a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical parts of the project. Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0301 - Formulation and implementation of international environmental agreements Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Institut für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH EU contribution No data Address Giesebrechstraße 13 10629 Berlin Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Spain EU contribution No data Address Campus Universitari, Edefici B 08193 BELLATERRA See on map Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT BRABANT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 5000 LE TILBURG See on map Total cost No data Universiteit van Amsterdam Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 237,Oude Zijds Achterburgwal 1012 NL Amsterdam See on map Total cost No data
