Analysis of the environmental policies implementation concerning the commitment of citizens and authorities

Abstract

This research presents the conditions of the implementation of environmental policies concerning the commitment of citizens and authorities. For this purpose, a case study is used as a research design; from a descriptive kind of research and a quantitative approach. The setting is the Ministry of the Environment, whose object of analysis is the actions approved and executed at the subnational and local levels. The population and the sample are composed of the annual report of the environmental policy implementation in the public institution. It is a non-probabilistic sample, known by convenience. The work shows that considerable progress has been made in environmental mitigation, in terms of solid waste and gray water segregation, and recovery of the deterioration of marginal strips. These improvements contribute to improving social welfare. However, it is also evident that the growth of urban sprawl, which includes the growth of households in a state of need and shantytowns, causes the gaps reduced in the medium term to grow again in the short term. Likewise, some reflections are analyzed, for example, that concerning environmental mitigation it takes longer periods to achieve changes and mature the culture of conservation and environmental protection; and concerning the human factor, there is a slow adaptation, because their immediate needs are above the culture and environmental awareness that is intended to consolidate and develop.