Supporting waste and water management with proactive legal instruments |
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Authors: | M. Fehr A.F.N. Pereira A.K.A. Barbosa |
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Affiliation: | aFederal University at Uberlândia, P.O.Box 811, 38400974 Uberlândia, Brazil |
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Abstract: | This study addresses the means local administrators and legislators in emerging economies dispose of to implement directives passed down to them by international environmental agreements. Specific reference is made to agreements and policies dealing with fresh water supply and waste management. Although the Johannesburg Summit asked that the proportion of people without access to drinking water and basic sanitation be halved by 2015, actions need to be developed on a local scale to reach the target. They need to consider the existence of supply limits for water and the subtle difference between sanitation and waste collection. The concepts of reactive and proactive legislation are confronted. Proactive legislation, already used in the industrialized World, is proposed to introduce new patterns of behavior into emerging economy communities. The proposed legal texts have the capacity to be self-fulfilling in the quest for local compliance with international targets. |
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Keywords: | Drinking water Environmental law International environmental agreements Proactive legislation Solid waste |
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