scholarly journals Some early environmental problems and guidelines in New South Wales estuaries.

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
D J Dunstan
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
South Wales

SHIFTING USE OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, 1979–2010

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450006 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOUISA MAMOUNEY
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Policy System ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Advanced Economies

It is generally accepted that choice and use of environmental policy instruments has changed over recent decades, however this has rarely been investigated empirically. A quantitative analysis of 505 policy instruments to address environmental problems between 1979–2010 in New South Wales, Australia, was undertaken to explore this further, in a jurisdiction reasonably typical of advanced economies. The data do show a shift in the use of instrument types, with the most common type of policy instrument being regulation. However, there was no trend away from regulation as a way of delivering policy outcomes, but a relative strengthening in the importance of newer policy instrument types such as strategy, education, incentives and schemes, compared with foundation policy types including regulation and land reservation. Foundation policies dominated the earlier years and provided significant structural elements of the policy system, including setting up organisations, assigning roles and responsibilities and prescribing rules. The political party holding government at the time does not drive the selection of policy instruments. The methods in this paper could be applied in other jurisdictions or to other policy areas.

scholarly journals The Improvers' Legacy: Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Suzanne Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
River System ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
South Wales

Since European settlement began on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system in New South Wales, two centuries of exploitation has led to various environmental problems. Despite these problems, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River is one of Australia's most scenic waterways. To maintain and restore the river system for future generations requires a combination of an historic perspective with appropriate scientific knowledge.

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