Where is the West Balkans Today on the World Map of Environment? Quo Vadis? Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia
Conference Proceedings, Sustainability and Environmental Sociology, July 2014
26 Pages Posted: 6 Sep 2014
Date Written: July 2014
Abstract
The paper presents several challenging environmental problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Republic of Serbia (Serbia) and Republic of Macedonia (Macedonia). It examines environmental ideological perspectives that shape sustainable development narratives in these three Balkan countries and elucidates several milestones that were identified during a one year research period. The research dealt with the history of environmental problems in the Balkans during the last 100 years, examined implications in practice, action-oriented normative prescriptions and incorporated major environmental worldviews through prism of past, current and future environmental trends in BiH, Serbia and Macedonia. The method applied in the paper is the multiple-case design, based primarily on the secondary data sources and professional observations. Main research trends that address environmental issues are: ecological modernization theory, system thinking, industrial and urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field.
Keywords: ecological modernization theory, system thinking, industrial and urban ecology, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia
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