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Estudos Avan?ados 2012
Política ambiental, municípios e coopera??o intergovernamental no BrasilDOI: 10.1590/S0103-40142012000100010 Keywords: environmental policy, local government, federalism, environmental governance, intergovernamental relations. Abstract: the purpose of this paper is to explore the role of intergovernmental cooperation in federal environmental policies from the perspective of brazilian local governments, considering brazilian federal institutional framework. the analysis of the constitutional municipal agenda highlights that environmental defense activities provides the background for the analysis of selected examples of federal environmental policy. we conclude that federal success depends on a great extent on municipal support because they are in a unique position to combine the use of typical environmental strategies and instruments with policy instruments exclusive to municipalities.
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