TY - JOUR
T1 - Voluntary Environmental Governance Arrangements in the Australian Building Sector
AU - van der Heijden, Jeroen
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Voluntary environmental governance arrangements (VEGAs) are designed to minimise negative outcomes through the use of collectively agreed arrangements. They have attracted a large literature, but issues remain unresolved, especially regarding their effectiveness. This article takes up a small part of this challenge of mapping the role of VEGAs in larger systems of environmental governance by examining the development and implementation of a range of VEGAs in the Australian building sector, here defined as the construction and use of buildings.
AB - Voluntary environmental governance arrangements (VEGAs) are designed to minimise negative outcomes through the use of collectively agreed arrangements. They have attracted a large literature, but issues remain unresolved, especially regarding their effectiveness. This article takes up a small part of this challenge of mapping the role of VEGAs in larger systems of environmental governance by examining the development and implementation of a range of VEGAs in the Australian building sector, here defined as the construction and use of buildings.
KW - building sector
KW - environmental governance
KW - new governance
KW - policymaking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886911036&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10361146.2013.821456
DO - 10.1080/10361146.2013.821456
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 48
SP - 349
EP - 365
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 3
ER -