Author, as appears in the article.: Casado LC
Department: Dret Públic
URV's Author/s: Casado Casado, Lucía
Keywords: Municipalities Low emission zones Local governments Environment Air quality
Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the central role of local governments in environmental protection. This is a relevant topic, in a context of growing importance of cities, in which sustainability appears as an unpostponable challenge. To this effect, it is structured in three distinct parts. The first aims to highlight the growing role of cities in environmental protection, despite the global nature of many environmental problems and the existence of numerous transnational challenges. The second focuses on the analysis of local competences in environmental matters, with special reference to municipalities; it warns of some of the existing problems; and points out some of the future challenges for effective environmental protection at the local level. Finally, the third section focuses on one of the main challenges facing cities: the protection of air quality, and particularly refers to the challenge currently posed for many municipalities by the implementation of Low Emission Zones (hereinafter, LEZs) as an instrument to combat air pollution and climate change in the urban sphere.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Law Interdisciplinar Filosofía Educação Economia Dret Direito Ciencias sociales Ciências ambientais Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: lucia.casado@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-5603-3264
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Revista De Direito Econômico E Socioambiental. 14 (1):
APA: Casado LC (2023). Local governments and environmental protection in Spain. Protection of air quality as one of the main challenges faced by cities. Revista De Direito Econômico E Socioambiental, 14(1), -. DOI: 10.7213/revdireconsoc.v14i1.30797
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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