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Brazilian public administration: shaping and being shaped by governance and development
(Springer Singapore Pte Ltd, 2017-03)
This manuscript analyzes the changes in Brazilian public administration and its relation with governance and development trends in the country. The case of the environmental agencies is used to exemplify those changes in ...
Implementation challenges in protecting the global environmental commons: the case of climate change policies in Brazil
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008-12)
The effective control of climate chance rests, to a great extent, on governance mechanisms to protect the global commons as a type of common pool resource on a global scale. This calls for action beyond the boundaries of ...
Enforcing protected area guidelines in Brazil: what explains participation in the implementation process?
(Sage Publications Inc, 2005-08)
This article examines key factors that influence the participation of local actors in policy implementation. Specifically, it reviews case studies in the implementation of environmentally protected area (APA) policy at the ...
Governmental responses to tourism development: three Brazilian case studies
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2003-02)
This article examines how and why governments responded to actual or potential investments in tourism development in terms of strategies for environmental management. Three case studies were selected in the Brazilian ...
Understanding organizational and institutional changes for management of environmental affairs in the Brazilian petroleum sector
(Elsevier BV, 2003)
This article analyzes how governments and an oil company adapted their institutional and organizational frameworks to manage actual and potential environmental impacts of oil-related activities in Brazil. Two major factors ...
Implementing environmental policies in developing countries through decentralization: the case of protected areas in Bahia, Brazil
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2002-10)
Governments have two apparently conflicting roles to play: promoter of economic development and protector of environmental quality. Economic development interests tend to have priority on the agenda of most developing ...
