Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

 11.5.3.  Setting environmental policy objectives
Environ mental  policy  objectives  reflect  society’s  expectations 
about the future. They may be scientific, social, cultural, long-term 
or short-term. They do not always need to be measured or evaluated 
quantitatively or against some previously accepted standards or 
Figure 11.7. 
Music shop 
window in Stockholm 
(Sweden)
Environmental and social 
problems (e.g., noise 
pollution) can be used to 
advertise the business.

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criteria. Even more important, the objective should include environ-
mental philosophy, which should underpin the vision even if its 
Development  has  been  entrusted  to  the  experts  of  specific  fields. 
Environ mental philosophy should also appear in environ mental 
action plans – as a mediating ground between the vision and specific 
objectives.
Once the objectives have been formulated, one can see that 
immediate completion of all the objectives is not possible due to 
budgetary and other constraints. However, it is very important to 
identify all the necessary works and to have a general view on the 
entire course of action, before taking a step back and starting to set 
priorities.  Setting  priorities  is  likely  to  be  the  most  difficult  of  all