01009pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001900040245003400059260000900093300001300102362000800115520067900123650002500802773004800827180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aYencken, David  aGovernance for sustainability  c2002  ap.78-89.  aJun  aEnvironmental policies and responses are strongly influenced by a government's knowledge and understanding of environmental problems, its assessment of their severity, the expert opinions available to it on the size of the response needed, its understanding of the driving forces leading to environmental deterioration and the influence of prevailing theories and paradigms. Environmental policy cannot furthermore exist in a policy vacuum. Environmental goals may or may not be strongly weighted compared to other societal goals especially economic goals. All these influences have major bearing on the approach taken by governments to environmental policy . -  Reproduced.  aEnvironmental policy  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration