This paper provides an overview of trade, environmental, and related public issues and policies. It discusses the pollution problem, the recent global warming trend, the attempts of world's various levels of institutions such as the UN, the WTO, regional, national, and other organizations to...

Pollution haven hypothesis argues that the industries that are highly pollution intensive i.e. dirty industries, have been migrating from developed economies to the developing world. It is argued that the environmental concerns of the developed economies caused them to enact strict environmental...

1960'larda hizlanan sanayilesme sürecinde gelismekte olan ülkelerin endüstriyel faaliyetlerinin sadece tekstil gibi geleneksel emek yogun endüstriler ile sinirli kalmayip, ayni zamanda çelik, petrokimya, gübre, kagit gibi yüksek oranda kirlilik yaratan ve bu ülkelerin geleneksel olarak...

The Hungarian government and the regional development institution system has worked out an own development programme for the improvement of so-called most disadvantageous or MD micro-regions. Micro-regional environmental development has a double role: on the one hand, it should plan activities...