12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the Carpathians

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xiii
6. Introduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New Beginnings 1
7. 1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central Europe 11
8. Part One THE ENVIRONMENT AS POLICY PRIORITY
9. 2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative Analysis 17
10. 3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern Europe 45
11. 4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria’s Accession Edge 59
12. Part Two: The Economics of Sustainable Development
13. 5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech Republic 79
14. 6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in Poland 99
15. Part Three: Water Policies and Institutions
16. 7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to Sustainability 119
17. 8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional Learning 129
18. 9. Austria and the EU Water Framework Directive 143
19. 10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot Project 150
20. 11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River Basin 167
21. Part Four: Agriculture and Rural Development
22. 12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the Carpathians 181
23. 13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural Slovakia 203
24. 14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic Evolution 217
25. 15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd Basin 232
26. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
27. INDEX 257