DO INFORMAL METHODS TO CONTROL POLLUTION WORK? A CASE OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN PAKISTAN.

Year 2012, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 237 - 254, 01.12.2012

Samina Khalil

Abstract

The formal environmental pollution control and regulatory system in Pakistan has
failed to achieve the policy objectives and targets to control growing pollution
levels in Pakistan. The ineffectiveness of the regulatory system underscores the
need to explore the potential use of informal approaches to control industrial
pollution. The focus group discussion with the stakeholders in the Korangi
industrial area revolve around a broad theme of environmental supply and
environmental demand indicators that form the basis for exploring the potential
use of informal regulations to complement a regulatory system, alongside
community activism.

Keywords

Regulatory framework, Informal approaches, Community activism

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