Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement in Europe: A Review of Empirical Research

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 437-448

  Tosun, Jale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Environmental law; Europeanization; Measurement; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY MAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84871681217     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1582     Document Type: Article

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