The Rise of a Container Region: Sectoral Transformation and Environmental Conflicts in Northwest Germany

Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst

doi:10.5771/9783845222561

Summary

Das Buch geht am Beispiel der boomenden Containerhäfen Hamburg und Bremen der Frage nach, ob und wie Umweltqualität unter Bedingungen der Globalisierung geschützt werden kann.

Um eine führende Position im europäischen Hafen- und Logistiksystem zu erringen, versuchen beide Regionen, sich an veränderte wirtschaftliche Bedingungen anzupassen und das Wachstum ihrer Infrastrukturen sicherzustellen. Das Buch legt den Schwerpunkt auf Konflikte mit Umweltakteuren. Untersucht werden politische Prozesse auf verschiedenen Ebenen und in verschiedenen Arenen, die die Beziehungen zwischen Hafenpolitik und Umweltpolitik bestimmen. Hieraus werden Aussagen über die Wirkung europäischer, nationaler und regionaler Umweltregularien und über ihr Zusammenwirken im EU-Mehrebenensystem abgeleitet. Die Studie belegt, dass die Kapazität der bestehenden Institutionen zur Bewahrung wichtiger Umweltgüter den Herausforderungen einer wirtschaftlichen wie ökologischen Transformation nicht gewachsen ist.

Der Autor, Professor für Politikmanagement an der Hochschule Bremen, verbindet in dieser Arbeit Fragen zur Regionalentwicklung mit der Umweltpolitikforschung und der Debatte um Multi-Level-Governance.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5416-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2256-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 416
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 7 Winfried Osthorst
Figures No access Pages 8 - 8 Winfried Osthorst
Abbreviations No access Pages 9 - 12 Winfried Osthorst
1. The rise of the container economy in Northwest Germany: A case of regional transformation No access Pages 13 - 22 Winfried Osthorst
2. Controlling regional socio-environmental profiles: An actor-oriented perspective on regulation, governance and policy integration No access Pages 22 - 30 Winfried Osthorst
3. Investigating a case of multi-level policy making and regulation: Methodological approach No access Pages 30 - 34 Winfried Osthorst
1. 1. Globalization No access Pages 35 - 42 Winfried Osthorst
  2. European integration in global perspective No access Pages 42 - 45 Winfried Osthorst
  3. The Europeanization of governance No access Pages 45 - 54 Winfried Osthorst
2. 1. Governance as a contested concept No access Pages 54 - 60 Winfried Osthorst
  2. The institutional environment for sustainable governance No access Pages 60 - 74 Winfried Osthorst
3. 1. The evolution of environmental policy No access Pages 74 - 82 Winfried Osthorst
  2. New challenges: Environmental governance in an interdependent multi-level system No access Pages 82 - 93 Winfried Osthorst
  3. Competing perspectives on multi-level interactions and the future of environmental policy No access Pages 93 - 96 Winfried Osthorst
1. The region within globalization No access Pages 97 - 107 Winfried Osthorst
2. 1. Government layers from a local policy research perspective No access Pages 107 - 118 Winfried Osthorst
  2. Regions as subjects of spatial restructuring No access Pages 118 - 128 Winfried Osthorst
  3. The local arena’s environment No access Pages 128 - 137 Winfried Osthorst
  4. Regions and regulative quality: Challenges and changes No access Pages 137 - 152 Winfried Osthorst
1. Institutionalism and institutional change No access Pages 153 - 162 Winfried Osthorst
2. Linking institutionalism to discourse analysis No access Pages 162 - 171 Winfried Osthorst
3. Socio-environmental arrangements as a research concept No access Pages 171 - 178 Winfried Osthorst
1. Overview No access Pages 179 - 185 Winfried Osthorst
2. Strategies in the container industry: Technological trends, economic forces and actors No access Pages 185 - 192 Winfried Osthorst
3. North Range and South Range: Competition and dynamics in the European transport chain No access Pages 192 - 197 Winfried Osthorst
4. Changing faces: The restructuring of European ports and their hinterlands No access Pages 197 - 204 Winfried Osthorst
1. The Northwest in the Federal Republic of Germany: A socio-economic and institutional overview No access Pages 205 - 223 Winfried Osthorst
2. 1. Political and administrative coordination within the planning system No access Pages 223 - 229 Winfried Osthorst
  2. Nature conservation No access Pages 229 - 232 Winfried Osthorst
  3. Wind energy No access Pages 232 - 234 Winfried Osthorst
  4. Mining No access Pages 234 - 235 Winfried Osthorst
  5. Coastal protection No access Pages 235 - 236 Winfried Osthorst
  6. Fishing No access Pages 236 - 237 Winfried Osthorst
3. 1. From growth to crisis: The maritime cluster in the German hubs until 1990 No access Pages 237 - 246 Winfried Osthorst
  2. Port extension policy under conditions of structural change No access Pages 246 - 249 Winfried Osthorst
4. 1. Hamburg No access Pages 249 - 256 Winfried Osthorst
  2. Bremen and Bremerhaven No access Pages 256 - 263 Winfried Osthorst
  3. From competition to cooperation? Choosing the location for a third German hub No access Pages 263 - 273 Winfried Osthorst
  4. Accelerated growth and renewed extensions No access Pages 273 - 278 Winfried Osthorst
  5. Reconfiguration of procedural risks No access Pages 278 - 287 Winfried Osthorst
5. Involving the federal level: National coordination and the promotion of coastal infrastructure development No access Pages 287 - 303 Winfried Osthorst
6. Playing the European card: National and regional actors between compliance and reinterpretation of European regulations No access Pages 303 - 324 Winfried Osthorst
1. 1. The regional level No access Pages 325 - 342 Winfried Osthorst
  2. The national level No access Pages 342 - 346 Winfried Osthorst
  3. The European level No access Pages 346 - 348 Winfried Osthorst
  4. Amalgamation No access Pages 348 - 353 Winfried Osthorst
2. Regulating regional transformation? A theoretical conclusion No access Pages 353 - 372 Winfried Osthorst
Literature No access Pages 373 - 416 Winfried Osthorst