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- Bratt, Anna-Lena
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Municipal officers on implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in Sweden regarding agricultural nutrient flows
- 2004
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Ingår i: Local Environment. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1354-9839 .- 1469-6711. ; 9:1, s. 65-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article analyses the perceptions at municipal level of potentials and problems in implementing integrated catchment management of water resources as proposed in the EU Water Framework Directive, expressed in views on how to reduce nutrient leakage from agricultural production. Heads of environmental authorities, spatial planners and environmental officers are among the professionals that will be key actors when implementing the WFD at the local level. Using a process of active focus group interviews, officials from municipal environmental offices studied, reflected upon and discussed the suggested plan concerning their part of implementing WFD. The municipal officers stressed certain conditions that have to be met to implement WFD in a sustainable manner. The most important conditions are clear environmental goals and management plans with support in legislation, which would put the necessary pressure upon local politicians to prioritize the WFD and take action. The respondents perceived the WFD would offer a changed approach in work routines with farmers towards partnerships for sustainable water resource management.
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- Lindqvist, A., et al.
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A regional cadmium inventory : Interpretation and management
- 2002
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Ingår i: Local Environment. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1354-9839 .- 1469-6711. ; 7:3, s. 295-310
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Local authorities in Sweden are responsible for the management of sewage treatment and municipal solid waste. Due to this, they handle large flows and stocks of materials and substances that may be harmful for the environment. However, knowledge about these flows is sometimes deficient. In addition, the capacity to influence the composition of these flows is mainly beyond the jurisdiction of the local authorities. Flow-oriented studies, such as substance flow analysis (SFA), have proven to be a useful tool in order to understand and quantify these flows. Furthermore, SFA is sometimes claimed to be beneficial to the process of decision making, since it generates comprehensive overviews of the substance in focus. However, quantification of stocks and flows of a certain substance does not necessarily provide sufficient information for environmental management on the local level. Hence, for SFA to further contribute to the environmental management process, there is also a need for development in the interpretation of the results. The main objective of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about (1) how to interpret the results from SFA and (2) how the results from an SFA can be used in environmental management by local authorities. A tentative framework for interpretation is discussed in the paper, focusing on five aspects: total material quatities, exposure to humans and the environment, resource economy, function and capacity to influence the substance flows. Furthermore, the paper discusses the suggested framework applied to results of a regional cadmium inventory.
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- Lindén, Anna-Lisa, et al.
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Environmentally Friendly Disposal Behaviour and Local Support Systems: lessons from a metropolitan area.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Local Environment. - 1354-9839. ; 8:3, s. 291-301
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The amount of household refuse has steadily increased in Sweden and this is consistent with the trend in the rest of the European Union. Strategies for household waste reduction includes sorting, recycling, re-use and repair. Two categories of motivational factors determine disposal behaviour, external and internal. The external factors include administrative, economic, information and physical measures. The internal factors include knowledge, values and attitudes of individuals. Environmentally friendly disposal behaviour is best achieved when external and internal motivational factors argue for performing activities benign to the environment. We examined how disposal behaviour in a metropolitan area was or was not supported by motivational factors and how households perceived their own disposal behaviour. The data was collected by interviewing households and by studying the facilities for recycling and re-use. The results show that the inhabitants sort most paper and glass and that they are satisfied with the facilities. The external motivational factors for this behaviour are very strong with numerous bins and ample information. Concerning re-use and repair, there are no strong motivational factors provided for by the local authorities. The households do not value this behaviour as environmentally important. For the future, local support systems for re-use and repair should be strengthened if waste amounts are to be decreased.
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