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Making transboundary risks governable: reducing complexity, constructing spatial identity, and ascribing

Rolf Lidskog1, Ylva Uggla, Linda Soneryd

  • 1Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Orebro University, Sweden. rolf.lidskog@oru.se

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|March 31, 2011
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Summary
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Transboundary environmental problems require simplifying complex knowledge for international regulation. This study examines how actors reduce complexity, create spatial identities, and assign capabilities to govern cross-border environmental issues, finding regulation remains provisional.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental governance
  • Political science
  • International relations

Background:

  • Transboundary environmental issues are gaining attention, necessitating international cooperation.
  • Regulating these problems involves coordinating diverse governmental goals and managing uncertainty.
  • Simplifying complex environmental knowledge is crucial for effective cross-border regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how transboundary environmental problems are made governable.
  • To elucidate the processes involved in negotiating boundaries for environmental issues.
  • To analyze the strategies employed by actors to manage complex cross-border environmental challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of case studies on oil pollution in the Baltic Sea.
  • Examination of the Russia-Germany gas pipeline case.
  • Identification of key processes enabling issue governability.

Main Results:

  • Three key processes facilitate the governance of complex transboundary environmental problems: complexity reduction, construction of issue-specific spatial identities, and the ascription of capabilities to actor constellations.
  • Negotiating boundaries is central to rendering these issues manageable.
  • Case studies illustrate the practical application of these governance strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental regulation across borders is an inherently provisional process.
  • Existing regulatory frameworks are subject to ongoing negotiation and critique.
  • Understanding the mechanisms of complexity reduction and actor-based strategies is vital for adaptive environmental governance.