Long abstract
Environmental Indicators: A Review of Selected Central and Eastern European Countries
This report presents selected indicators on the state of and trends in environmental conditions, pressures and responses across five Central and Eastern European countries and the Russian Federation. As such, the report provides a "snap-shot" of the evolution of environmental pressures and conditions since the beginning of the transition process, when those pressures and conditions were widely considered as being severe. The report shows that emissions of at least some pollutants, such as sulphur oxides, are declining in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland even as economic growth has returned. At the same time, the increasing numbers of motor vehicles suggest that environmental problems found in OECD countries are becoming more serious. |
