TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Disaster management and environmental policy integration in Pakistan - an evaluation with particular reference to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan
JO  - Environmental science and pollution research international
A1  - Waheed, Abdul
A1  - Fischer, Thomas Bernward
A1  - Kousar, Sajida
A1  - Khan, Muhammad Irfan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Economic and social development, the state of the environment and a propensity for disasters are closely intertwined. Therefore, environmental policy integration (EPI) across development and disaster management (DM) policies and plans is important. Pakistan as a country is highly vulnerable to climate-induced environmental changes and associated disasters. In this paper, the extent to which its national environment and climate change policy, disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy as well as disaster management (DM) plans are aligned is established, based on a review of government documents and expert opinions. In this context, a particular emphasis is put on China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that led the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan (CPEC; 2017-2030). While environmental assessment (EA) is currently not conducted for any DM policies and plans, DM and EA are well integrated into provincial environmental protection acts, in national as well as most provincial DM plans. It is concluded that a regulatory framework to guide EPI in DM for BRI and CPEC projects is needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0944-1344
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29310-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -