Abstract
In this study, the author presents the central, regional and local levels of environmental administration in Hungary and their tasks. Through two specific examples (the Danube Flood and the 2010 Kolontár Red Sludge Disaster), she analyzes the incidents damaging the environment, their consequences and impacts. She also proves that the cooperation between municipalities and regional environmental and disaster management bodies is inevitable. She studies the role played by the environmental administration in the protection and makes suggestions for improving the efficiency of protection. In the context of the two incidents, she analyzes the possibilities of the environmental administration in the protection against environmental damages and makes recommendations on its development.
Highlights
Today's environmental problems have a number of tasks for public administration professionals
The protection of our built and natural environment is a two-way task, because it is not always necessary to protect the environment from the people, but sometimes the other way around
It is important that the persons performing environment protection in public administration have the greatest possible theoretical and practical knowledge
Summary
Today's environmental problems have a number of tasks for public administration professionals. In Hungary, the tasks of environment protection and environmental management are planned, organized and implemented in the framework of environment administration. These are presented below: Ministerial, central level In Hungary, the State Secretariat for the Environment of the Ministry of Agriculture is the top state administration body responsible for environment protection.
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