How Regional Is Regional Environmental Governance?

Mekong Regional Environmental Governance: Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges

The Mekong Regional Environmental Governance (MREG) project is a part of the Resources Policy Support Initiative. REPSI is a World Resources Institute-coordinated collaboration among local, regional and international organizations based and working in the Mekong region. REPSI works towards increasing the capacity and legitimacy of policy-oriented research concerning environment and natural reso...

Rational Choice and Regional Governance

This article presents a “second-generation” rational choice explanation for voluntary regional governance. It identifies the interests that motivate interlocal collaboration and argues that voluntary agreements emerge from a dynamic political contracting process in which benefits exceed the transaction costs of bargaining an agreement. Explanations are presented for how specific community chara...

Environmental and Regional Economics

Regional Energy Governance and U.S. Carbon Emissions

Regional issues in environmental management