Article - Horizontal supervision in the environment domain
[ Source: STANTEC, 24 June 2022 ]
Summary
In the environment domain, there is governmental control: the public safeguarding of a social interest. Governmental control is often the direct result of a political decision to intervene and to tackle a concrete problem. In this case, the quality and safety of the living environment.
Governmental control can be designed in various ways. In this article, we will discuss the form that governmental supervision has taken in the environmental domain, the related consequences and the question whether the current form of supervision - 40 years after its creation - is still the most appropriate form in all cases.
