Implementing an Effective and Excellent Governance Framework toward Sustainability

Document Type : Research Article

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Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Environment is an interdisciplinary subject, a subject that requires policy-making, management, government cooperation, empathy and civil society participation with regard to the economy and legal framework. The nature of the environment, which is a complex and cross-sectoral interwoven system. In terms of scale, it is even extended to a trans-territorial scale and includes or affects issues such as political, social, economic, cultural, energy, regional development, poverty, etc. Meanwhile, the government's role in the economy has become more colorful and the government's management in providing public goods such as environmental protection and its quality has become more colorful and effective than in the past. Governance is a challenging, subtle and complex concept that requires more description and explanation, and from the point of view of the environment and sustainable development, it should be in such a way that they can have the most economic efficiency and political acceptance, this concept has a more effective meaning in the context of environmental governance. This concept has a more effective and efficient meaning in the framework of environmental governance. This research analyzes the concept of governance by relying on the concept, action framework and approach of environment and sustainable development and explains the reasons for paying attention to environmental issues from the traditional approach of command and control to sustainable governance, case examples of environmental crises. In this research, it has been reviewed and finally, a framework for effective transcendental governance with a sustainable development approach has been presented.

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