Local governments close to the environment hold expertise and accountability advantages
Evidence
The resulting preference for decentralization of authority shares some affinities with environmental protection. There are plainly advantages to the retention of lawmaking authority within those governmental bodies closest to the natural environment at stake. Those governmental entities are more likely to possess the relevant expertise regarding both the ecological causes and effects. They may well have had the opportunity to see the threats to the environment firsthand and thus be able to grasp the scope of the problem and anticipate how best to redress it. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 186
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to soundscape regulatory context — place-based listening and firsthand knowledge as epistemic advantage in environmental governance. — connects to: Decentralized regulation rationally pushes states to export pollution across borders — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 188; Transboundary environmental problems defeat decentralized local control — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 187; Transparancy and accountability can enhance citizen participation in democracy. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1565 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Transparancy and accountability can enhance citizen participation in democracy.
#expands(0.82) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1565 - External development requirements parallel and are met by preexisting local governance institutions
#corroborates(0.80) — Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth, Institutional Bricolage and Commoning…, 114 - Public-notice laws can be technically satisfied while remaining invisible to affected communities
#complicates(0.78) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 55 - Local officials can engineer their electorate with policy comfort and discomfort.
#expands(0.75) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 281 - Democratic accountability uniquely enables mutual trust between citizens and governors.
#corroborates(0.75) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 711