TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a systematic framework for the analysis of environmental policy Integration
AU - Runhaar, Hens
AU - Driessen, Peter
AU - Uittenbroek, Caroline
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - Environmental policy integration (EPI) refers to the incorporation of environmental concerns in non-environmental policy sectors. EPI aims to avoid conflicts between environmental and other policy objectives and to enhance environmental policy by directly targeting the driving forces of environmental degradation. In practice, however, the potential of EPI has not been fully utilized. Scientific knowledge of EPI is found in several, largely isolated, bodies of literature (on EPI, climate policy integration and environmental impact assessment/strategic environmental assessment) and does not provide an adequate answer to the question of what EPI strategies work, where and why. A systematic framework based on comparative empirical research is required to contribute to more effective EPI strategies. In this paper we formulate a research agenda for the development of such a framework on the governance of EPI that is robust, i.e. builds on other theories of environmental governance and policy change and that envisages large-scale, international comparative empirical analysis.
AB - Environmental policy integration (EPI) refers to the incorporation of environmental concerns in non-environmental policy sectors. EPI aims to avoid conflicts between environmental and other policy objectives and to enhance environmental policy by directly targeting the driving forces of environmental degradation. In practice, however, the potential of EPI has not been fully utilized. Scientific knowledge of EPI is found in several, largely isolated, bodies of literature (on EPI, climate policy integration and environmental impact assessment/strategic environmental assessment) and does not provide an adequate answer to the question of what EPI strategies work, where and why. A systematic framework based on comparative empirical research is required to contribute to more effective EPI strategies. In this paper we formulate a research agenda for the development of such a framework on the governance of EPI that is robust, i.e. builds on other theories of environmental governance and policy change and that envisages large-scale, international comparative empirical analysis.
KW - Climate policy integration
KW - Environmental policy integration
KW - Governance
KW - Mainstreaming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906941086&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/eet.1647
DO - 10.1002/eet.1647
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84906941086
SN - 1756-932X
VL - 24
SP - 233
EP - 246
JO - Environmental Policy and Governance
JF - Environmental Policy and Governance
IS - 4
ER -