Aplinkos kokybės vertingumas rinkos sąlygomis

Abstract

The public policies of a democratic state are oriented in such a way that the quality of the environment (ecological wealth) is not only granted, but also accessible to all citizens. This is stipulated by several reasons. At first, the quality of the environment is a universal treasure (like economic and cultural), not a personal one, and it is directly related to public life and its future. Secondly, the health of citizens depends on it, and it is one of the most vitally important treasures of the individual and society. Thirdly, the economic and cultural wealth of society mainly depends on it. However, it is here that the attitudes of the State public policies and those of the market clash. The market claims, that one should pay more for quality, after which one can choose. The quality of the natural environment is defined by three dimensions – ecological, economic and cultural. It is shown in the paper that even if those three dimensions are interdependent, they also express different worth aspects.