Tragedy or Chivalrous Romance? The Swedish Government and the Baltic Sea Pipeline

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Lisa Sayuli Fransson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Happy Ending ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Baltic

When Sweden was confronted with the idea of building a gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, the Swedish government found itself in a paradoxical situation. Should it give in to strong foreign interests and abandon its proudly held line of environmental policy, or stick to its profile at the risk of earning a powerful adversary? This narrative analysis, building on the government's official narratives, explains how and why the self-proclaimed environmental guardian of the sea ended up having it both ways. By using strategies of depoliticization, polarization, and parallel storytelling, the Swedish government surrendered narrative power to its antagonist, alternated between incompatible views of its own political capability, and added a happy ending to the pipeline tragedy. These strategies enabled the government to make an environmentally controversial decision without losing prestige or abandoning its ethical profile regarding the Baltic Sea.

INFORMATION-PREDICTION AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR THE SEA SHORE OF KALININGRAD OBLAST (IPAS): USE IN 2006-2015 AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenii Burnashov ◽  
Evgenii Burnashov ◽  
Konstantin Makarov ◽  
Konstantin Makarov ◽  
Boris Chubarenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Automatic System ◽  
Shore Protection ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Kaliningrad Oblast ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
State Organization ◽  
Protection Engineering

Information-Prediction Automatic System (IPAS) was developed for the Baltic Sea shore within the Kaliningrad District in 2005-2006 years and implemented in the State Organization of the Kaliningrad District "Baltberegozaschita" (coastal management authority) in 2007. It is used as database for shore protection engineering and a tool for analyses and forecasting of coastal processes, and has three blocks - database, forecast block and information-cartographic block. Information-cartographic block regularly accumulates the results of annual monitoring - surveys on shore segments with returning period of 6-7 years using reference system of permanent monitoring bench marks each 500 meters on the Vistula Spit, shore of Sambiya Peninsula and the Curonian Spit. IPAS is regularly used for processing and analysis of data, preparation of analytical notes for the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast and for municipal authorities. Information stored in IPAS was used for development of two programs of actions: "Protection of the shore of the Baltic Sea, the Vistula and Curonian lagoons within the Kaliningrad Oblast for the period 2014-2020 years" and "The concept of integrated development of shore protection in the Kaliningrad Oblast for the period 2013-2020 years". Optimal engineering solutions were recommended by using of the forecast block of IPAS for promenade protection constructions in Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk as well as for the project "Construction of beach protection in Svetlogorsk".

INFORMATION-PREDICTION AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR THE SEA SHORE OF KALININGRAD OBLAST (IPAS): USE IN 2006-2015 AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenii Burnashov ◽  
Evgenii Burnashov ◽  
Konstantin Makarov ◽  
Konstantin Makarov ◽  
Boris Chubarenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Automatic System ◽  
Shore Protection ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Kaliningrad Oblast ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
State Organization ◽  
Protection Engineering

Information-Prediction Automatic System (IPAS) was developed for the Baltic Sea shore within the Kaliningrad District in 2005-2006 years and implemented in the State Organization of the Kaliningrad District "Baltberegozaschita" (coastal management authority) in 2007. It is used as database for shore protection engineering and a tool for analyses and forecasting of coastal processes, and has three blocks - database, forecast block and information-cartographic block. Information-cartographic block regularly accumulates the results of annual monitoring - surveys on shore segments with returning period of 6-7 years using reference system of permanent monitoring bench marks each 500 meters on the Vistula Spit, shore of Sambiya Peninsula and the Curonian Spit. IPAS is regularly used for processing and analysis of data, preparation of analytical notes for the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast and for municipal authorities. Information stored in IPAS was used for development of two programs of actions: "Protection of the shore of the Baltic Sea, the Vistula and Curonian lagoons within the Kaliningrad Oblast for the period 2014-2020 years" and "The concept of integrated development of shore protection in the Kaliningrad Oblast for the period 2013-2020 years". Optimal engineering solutions were recommended by using of the forecast block of IPAS for promenade protection constructions in Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk as well as for the project "Construction of beach protection in Svetlogorsk".

scholarly journals Boosting urban health and well-being through cross-sectoral cooperation

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Liinamo ◽  
K Matinheikki-Kokko ◽  
I Gobina ◽  
A Villeruša
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract In the future, health promotion would require developed strategies that lead to stronger cross-sectoral cooperation. Cross-sectoral cooperation enables the integration of fragmented resources and competencies, which benefit service solutions for urban health. Healthy Boost “Urban Labs for Better Health for All in the Baltic Sea Region”, funded by the EU Interreg Baltic Sea Region -program, aims to develop the Model for cross-sectoral cooperation, which will be tested in the cities of the Baltic Sea Region during 2020-21. The self-assessment tool for cross-sectoral cooperation was developed, and the self-assessment among the nine cities in seven countries from the Baltic Sea Region was conducted in 2019. The results indicated to what extent the staff (n = 329) in the cities have recognized the cross-sectoral cooperation for health and wellbeing as strategically crucial in their policies, communication, and in the design of their organizational functions. The daily practices were evaluated in terms of how systematically cities have implemented cross-sector actions for health and wellbeing. The biggest challenges for cooperating across sectors for the cities were coordination and systematic identification of the community needs for health promotion. The cooperative actions were less systematic than expected in the strategic approach. The variation among respondents' assessments was high within the cities that lead to a conclusion about existing gaps in coordination, communication, and leadership of cross-sectoral work within the cities. The Likert type self-assessment measurement was statistically reliable in both strategic and operational dimensions of cooperation. Key messages Evaluation and measurements are needed to identify cross-sectoral actions to health and well-being. The evidence-based Model developed in the Healthy Boost project will guide partners towards systematic cross-sectoral cooperation processes.

Minimizing HSE Impacts During Design and Construction of a Major Gas Pipeline Through the Baltic Sea

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (03) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
Jens R. Valeur ◽  
Neel Strøbæk ◽  
Nicklas Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Design And Construction

Water policy differences between a western democracy and a country in economic transition

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
H.E. Valdas Adamkus
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Western Democracy ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
The Baltic

Where environmental policy is concerned Western democracies and transition economies share more similarities than differences. Sound environmental policies require substantial investment. Public-private cooperation can play a major role in the search for solutions, but politicians, environmentalists and academics must act vigorously to ensure that big business does not acquire a final say in the implementation of environmental policy. Lithuania as a transition economy faces major environmental challenges, but international collaboration, including working with the European Union and cross-border cooperation with neighbouring states, is bringing good results. A major unifying factor for the Baltic Sea states is the continuing struggle to purify and protect the Baltic Sea.

scholarly journals Ensuring environmental safety of the Baltic Sea basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 08011
Author(s):  
E.E. Smirnova ◽  
L.D. Tokareva
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Baltic Sea Basin ◽  
Northwest Region

The Baltic Sea is not only important for transport, but for a long time it has been supplying people with seafood. In 1998, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted Decree N 1202 “On approval of the 1992 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Region”, according to which Russia approved the Helsinki Convention and its obligations. However, the threat of eutrophication has become urgent for the Baltic Sea basin and Northwest region due to the increased concentration of phosphorus and nitrogen in wastewater. This article studies the methods of dephosphation of wastewater using industrial waste.

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