Problem
Environmental policy restrictions on economic development
Other Names:
Restrictions on industrial development due to environmental considerations Nature:
Economic development and preservation of the environment are often considered to pose a dilemma; environmental issues inevitably have their economic components. Environmental legislation and standards may cause inflation, increased costs and prices, generate unemployment, bring about plant closures, or discourage new investment. The growing pressure of public opinion in many industrialized countries has resulted in newly enacted environmental laws which have delayed a number of industrial projects.
Broader Problems:
Inappropriate development policyIneffectual environmental policyInadequate economic policy-makingRestrictive environmental policies Narrower Problems:
Environment policy as restriction on trade Related Problems:
Untested efficacy of environmental policyRestrictive regulations for disposal of nuclear waste Reduced By:
Inadequacy of economic accounting systemsStrategies:
Researching effects of fiscal policy on innovation of environmental technologiesAdvancing industrial environmental managementPromoting public participation in environmental decision-makingProviding industrial development services Subject(s):
Development → Development Economics → Economic
Environment → Environment
Industry → Industry
Policy-making → Policy
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST