LOCAL PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA – B&H CROSS-BORDER REGION

Abstract

Public participation in environmental decision-making is nowadays accepted as an integral part of the sustainable development process and an important mean for improving quality, legitimacy and capacity of environmental assessment and decisions. When communities participate in the management of their resources in form of consultation or active involvement, there is a greater likelihood of success as people are more willing to obey their own regulations than those imposed upon them from outside. This paper presents results of a survey in Serbia-BiH cross border region that explored the attitudes of local people towards natural resources and environment quality, environmental priorities and efficiency of local government in solving environmental problems. Results were used as inputs for drafting "Action plan for sustainable use of cross border natural resource" contributing in this way to better acceptance and easier implementation of the plan at the community level.

Strategic Orientation to Solar Energy Productionand Long Term Financial Benefits

“…That is why it is necessary to investigate renewable power implementation through regulatory measures put in place over the last decade to develop renewable energy systems and the way they can be managed alongside planning issues [26]. Local people should adopt their attitudes towards new quality of the environment respective to solar energy application [27], which in any case has a smaller negative impact on the environment than the thermal power plants [28].…”