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Dimensions of State Environmental Policies
Author(s) -
Potoski Matthew,
Woods Neal D.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2002.tb02142.x
Subject(s) - enforcement , scope (computer science) , variety (cybernetics) , state (computer science) , environmental policy , clean air act , set (abstract data type) , environmental monitoring , air pollution , politics , business , environmental planning , environmental law , process (computing) , environmental economics , environmental resource management , political science , environmental science , economics , computer science , environmental engineering , law , ecology , programming language , algorithm , artificial intelligence , biology , operating system
States have developed an array of environmental programs in response to a variety of political and environmental factors. This article examines three state clean air programs—setting ambient standards, ambient monitoring, and enforcement—and shows how each program has a distinct set of empirical determinants, reflecting the programs' diverse purposes. States' ambient standards policies allocate resources among competing claimants, and consequently they reflect the balance of environmental politics in each state. Ambient monitoring programs reflect the degree to which states need and can process information about air pollution problems. The level of states' enforcement programs reflects the scope of the environmental problem in each state.