Environment law

Nanotechnology promises to transform the materials of everyday life, leading to smaller and more powerful computers, more durable plastics and fabrics, cheap and effective water purification systems, more efficient solar panels and storage batteries, and medical devices capable of tracking down and killing cancer cells or treating neurological diseases.

Nanotechnology promises to transform the materials of everyday life, leading to smaller and more powerful computers, more durable plastics and fabrics, cheap and effective water purification systems, more efficient solar panels and storage batteries, and medical devices capable of tracking down and killing cancer cells or treating neurological diseases.

Sustainable development is now widely accepted as a political objective in the UK and elsewhere but to what extent has the UK's rhetoric on sustainable development become a reality?

Sustainable development is now widely accepted as a political objective in the UK and elsewhere but to what extent has the UK's rhetoric on sustainable development become a reality?

At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of States sharing freshwater systems.

At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of States sharing freshwater systems.

This book delves into the pivotal issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management in municipal buildings within developing economies, addressing a pressing need in today's digital age, where individuals spend over 70% of their time indoors.

Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States.

Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States.

The United States produces over seventy percent of all its electricity from fossil fuels and nearly fifty percent from coal alone.

The United States produces over seventy percent of all its electricity from fossil fuels and nearly fifty percent from coal alone.

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and a crimes against nature has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists.

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and a crimes against nature has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists.

Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it.

Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of 'environmental governance' and its status in Europe and Asia.

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of 'environmental governance' and its status in Europe and Asia.

The environment has not always been protected by law.

The environment has not always been protected by law.

This book examines the courts' interpretation of NEPA in its first three years, defeats and successes of citizens' actions in key cases, and implication of court rulings for the act's future effectiveness.

This book examines the courts' interpretation of NEPA in its first three years, defeats and successes of citizens' actions in key cases, and implication of court rulings for the act's future effectiveness.

The evolving environmental justice paradigm is conceptualized differently based on political, economic and historical factors.

The evolving environmental justice paradigm is conceptualized differently based on political, economic and historical factors.

Decades of U.

Decades of U.

Pollution control, a key component of U.

Pollution control, a key component of U.

Assessing natural resource damages often requires the use of nonmarket valuation techniques that were developed for use in benefit-cost analyses.

Assessing natural resource damages often requires the use of nonmarket valuation techniques that were developed for use in benefit-cost analyses.

While more than 2,700 emergency removals of hazardous materials have taken place under Superfund, implementing the long-term cleanup program has been the object of considerable controversy.

While more than 2,700 emergency removals of hazardous materials have taken place under Superfund, implementing the long-term cleanup program has been the object of considerable controversy.

The Twyford Down story is set in a political and historical framework in order to examine the key issues affecting road planning and environmental protection: the system of route selection; Crown development; government agents, NGOs and locally elected authorities; conservation legislation; subsidiarity; lobbying techniques; and the role of the press.

The Twyford Down story is set in a political and historical framework in order to examine the key issues affecting road planning and environmental protection: the system of route selection; Crown development; government agents, NGOs and locally elected authorities; conservation legislation; subsidiarity; lobbying techniques; and the role of the press.

Legal Competence in Environmental Health assists the environmental health professional in understanding the operation of English law and navigating through some of its complexities.

Contaminated land is a problem both in the short and long term as it cannot be used without remediation.

Contaminated land is a problem both in the short and long term as it cannot be used without remediation.

This edited collection analyzes the appropriate balance between conservation and development and the place for participation and popular protest in environmental assessment.

This edited collection analyzes the appropriate balance between conservation and development and the place for participation and popular protest in environmental assessment.

The second edition of this sourcebook brings together a comprehensive selection of the principal international, European and domestic sources of environmental law, together with commentary and extensive references to secondary sources (including relevant websites).

The second edition of this sourcebook brings together a comprehensive selection of the principal international, European and domestic sources of environmental law, together with commentary and extensive references to secondary sources (including relevant websites).

This book provides a concise exposition of the relevant law and techniques commonly used to meet the regulatory requirements concerning the built environment.

This book provides a concise exposition of the relevant law and techniques commonly used to meet the regulatory requirements concerning the built environment.

This book focuses on land use, a topic at the heart of attempts to find sustainable solutions.

This book focuses on land use, a topic at the heart of attempts to find sustainable solutions.

This volume assembles a group of eminent scholars to look at the problem of growth and environment from the perspective of environmental regulation.

This volume assembles a group of eminent scholars to look at the problem of growth and environment from the perspective of environmental regulation.

In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings represents approximately fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings represents approximately fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions.