Zbigniew Bochniarz, is affiliated to the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent over twenty years at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute where he founded a Center for Nations in Transition. The Center became an international leader in delivering foreign assistance for Central and Eastern Europe. His work focuses on economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability of transforming economies. He is the author, co-author and/or editor of over 100 publications.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New BeginningsZbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. CohenChapter 1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central EuropeRobert WilkinsonPart I: The Environment as Policy PriorityChapter 2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative AnalysisSandra O. Archibald and Zbigniew BochniarzChapter 3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern EuropeStacy D. VanDeveer and JoAnn CarminChapter 4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria’s Accession EdgeEdward M. BergmanPart II: The Economics of Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech RepublicJirina Jilková and Tomás ChmelíkChapter 6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in PolandOlga Kiuila and Jerzy S´leszynskiPart III: Water Policies and InstitutionsChapter 7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to SustainabilityVáclav MezrickyChapter 8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional LearningEszter Gulácsy, László Pintér, and Jim PerryChapter 9. Austria and the EU Water Framework DirectiveWilhelm R. VogelChapter 10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot ProjectJames B. Dalton, Jr.Chapter 11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River BasinIgor BodíkPart IV: Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentChapter 12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the CarpathiansAnthony J. AmatoChapter 13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural SlovakiaSlavomíra MacákováChapter 14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic EvolutionAntonín Vaishar and Bryn Greer-WoottenChapter 15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd BasinJudit VásárhelyiSelect BibliographyIndex

Zbigniew Bochniarz, is affiliated to the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent over twenty years at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute where he founded a Center for Nations in Transition. The Center became an international leader in delivering foreign assistance for Central and Eastern Europe. His work focuses on economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability of transforming economies. He is the author, co-author and/or editor of over 100 publications.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New BeginningsZbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. CohenChapter 1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central EuropeRobert WilkinsonPart I: The Environment as Policy PriorityChapter 2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative AnalysisSandra O. Archibald and Zbigniew BochniarzChapter 3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern EuropeStacy D. VanDeveer and JoAnn CarminChapter 4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria’s Accession EdgeEdward M. BergmanPart II: The Economics of Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech RepublicJirina Jilková and Tomás ChmelíkChapter 6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in PolandOlga Kiuila and Jerzy S´leszynskiPart III: Water Policies and InstitutionsChapter 7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to SustainabilityVáclav MezrickyChapter 8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional LearningEszter Gulácsy, László Pintér, and Jim PerryChapter 9. Austria and the EU Water Framework DirectiveWilhelm R. VogelChapter 10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot ProjectJames B. Dalton, Jr.Chapter 11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River BasinIgor BodíkPart IV: Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentChapter 12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the CarpathiansAnthony J. AmatoChapter 13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural SlovakiaSlavomíra MacákováChapter 14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic EvolutionAntonín Vaishar and Bryn Greer-WoottenChapter 15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd BasinJudit VásárhelyiSelect BibliographyIndex

Zbigniew Bochniarz, is affiliated to the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent over twenty years at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute where he founded a Center for Nations in Transition. The Center became an international leader in delivering foreign assistance for Central and Eastern Europe. His work focuses on economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainability of transforming economies. He is the author, co-author and/or editor of over 100 publications.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Legacies, Challenges, and New BeginningsZbigniew Bochniarz and Gary B. CohenChapter 1. From Communism to Climate Change: The Sustainability Challenge and Lessons from Central EuropeRobert WilkinsonPart I: The Environment as Policy PriorityChapter 2. Assessing Sustainability of the Transition in Central European Countries: A Comparative AnalysisSandra O. Archibald and Zbigniew BochniarzChapter 3. Sustainability and EU Accession: Capacity Development and Environmental Reform in Central and Eastern EuropeStacy D. VanDeveer and JoAnn CarminChapter 4. Sustainability of Clusters and Regions at Austria’s Accession EdgeEdward M. BergmanPart II: The Economics of Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 5. Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading in the Czech RepublicJirina Jilková and Tomás ChmelíkChapter 6. Ecological Reform in the Tax System in PolandOlga Kiuila and Jerzy S´leszynskiPart III: Water Policies and InstitutionsChapter 7. The Czech Republic: From Environmental Crisis to SustainabilityVáclav MezrickyChapter 8. The Tisza/Tisa Transboundary Environmental Disaster: An Opportunity for Institutional LearningEszter Gulácsy, László Pintér, and Jim PerryChapter 9. Austria and the EU Water Framework DirectiveWilhelm R. VogelChapter 10. The Western Bug River: UNECE Pilot ProjectJames B. Dalton, Jr.Chapter 11. Wastewater Treatment in the Postcommunist Danube River BasinIgor BodíkPart IV: Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentChapter 12. “Thinking Unlike a Mountain”: Environment, Agriculture, and Sustainability in the CarpathiansAnthony J. AmatoChapter 13. New Approaches to Sustainable Community Development in Rural SlovakiaSlavomíra MacákováChapter 14. Sustainable Development in Moravia: An Interpretation of the Role of the Small-Town Sector in Transitional Socioeconomic EvolutionAntonín Vaishar and Bryn Greer-WoottenChapter 15. Building Local Sustainability in Hungary: Cross-Generational Education and Community Participation in the Dörögd BasinJudit VásárhelyiSelect BibliographyIndex