Federalism and Environmental Policy: The Case of Burayou City
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim this research is to analyze the adequacy of environmental policies and legal frameworks, competencies of the federal, regional state and urban local governments in protection of environment. It particularly examined the implementation of environmental policy in the city of Burayou. In doing so, the study employed a mixed research approach; and primary data were collected using interview, FDG, questionnaire and personal observation.
The finding of this research shows that there is inadequate policy and legal frameworks for addressing environmental problems at the local level. Due to lack of significant regulations, directives, procedural guidelines, and lack of standards and baselines to protect the environment, the local communities living around the industries have been vulnerable to environmental hazards. Public participation in environmental decision making hardly exists at the city level; and the environmental accountability is yet to be attained. There is weak intergovernmental coordination among environmental sectors at the three levels. There has been little supervision over the environmental sector at the city level; and the environmental sector in the city of Burayou suffers from capacity constraints. Hence, this study contends that there is a need for empowering urban local governments, strengthen environmental policies, and build the capacity of environmental bodies and to promote IGRs for implementation of environmental policies in rapidly urbanizing cities like Burayou.
Key Words: Environmental Federalism, Environmental Policy, Industrial Pollution, Burayou
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Environmental Federalism, Environmental Policy, Industrial Pollution, Burayou