Publisher's Synopsis
These papers have been written within the research project, Public Parti-cipation and Environmental Science and Technology Options (PESTO), which is supported by the Nordic Environmental Research Program and the European Union's program in Targeted Socio-Economic Research. The aim of PESTO is to compare the reconstitution of environmental sci-ence and technology policy in eight European countries. It is our conten-tion that the involvement of the general public is crucial for the success-ful implementation of policies for "sustainable development" and that, in this regard, the countries of Europe have a great deal to learn from each other's experiences.
