Environment law

This book takes a practical approach to understanding and describing collaborative governance for resolving environmental problems.

National security in the interest of preserving the well-being of a country is arguably the first and most important responsibility of any democratic government.

This book explores a disciplinary matrix for the study of the law and governance concerning mining and minerals from a global perspective.

This handbook explores, contextualises and critiques the relationship between anthropocentrism - the idea that human beings are socially and politically at the centre of the cosmos - and international law.

El ius gentium y el ius communicationis constituyen junto con las nociones de mare liberum y mare clausus las bases jurídicas de la evolución del Derecho del mar.

This book examines the political economy that governs the management of international transboundary river basins in the developing world.

This book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international human rights law.

Environmental mediation continues to develop and evolve in different jurisdictions across the world in order to prevent potential environmental conflicts or to resolve the conflicts while avoiding the inherent drawbacks of an adjudicated solution.

This book analyses how damage resulting from offshore-related incidents is compensated in European waters, whilst providing models to improve such compensation.

Environmental Sustainability and Economy contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of sustainability science and economic growth.

This book addresses the problem of 'animal life' in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals.

This collection of scholarly articles takes as its subject matter discourses on environmental justice.

Written both for general readers and college students, Dialogues on Climate Justice provides an engaging philosophical introduction to climate justice, and should be of interest to anyone wanting to think seriously about the climate crisis.

Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play in helping conservation succeed for the sake of humanity and for the sake of other species.

Drawing on the author's practical knowledge of British waste regulation law, this book contains a comprehensive account of relevant legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the statutory provisions and associated case law.

What is the role of government in protecting animal welfare?

Coined in the 1970s, the term sustainable development and the ideas behind it have enjoyed varying amounts of popularity over the years.

Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the Japanese domestic context.

National governments and private stakeholders have long recognized that protecting the global environment requires international cooperation.

Questions about land control have invigorated thinkers in agrarian studies and economic history since the nineteenth century.

This book is the first legal geography book to explicitly engage in method.

The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology was the first comprehensive and international anthology dedicated to green criminology.

The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history.

In an era of climate change, the need to manage our water resources effectively for future generations has become an increasingly significant challenge.

Crimes Against the Environment explains the seriousness of the threat posed by pollution, its roots, how it has evolved, how it differs across the planet, and how society has endeavored to create and enforce laws directed at its control.

Routledge Readings on Law, Development and Legal Pluralism presents some of the finest essays on social justice, environment, rights and governance.

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice is the much-needed complementary volume to Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduction (CRC Press, May 2017).

The purpose of this book is to present an overview of the latest research, policy, practitioner, academic and international thinking on water security-an issue that, like water governance a few years ago, has developed much policy awareness and momentum with a wide range of stakeholders.

Demonstrating the shortcomings of current policy and legal approaches to access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this book recognizes that genetic resources are widely distributed across countries and that bilateral contracts undermine fairness and equity.

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, Environmental Management Handbook, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions.

Die Autoren des Handbuchs untersuchen, welche rechtlichen, technischen und wirtschaftlichen Aspekte erfüllt sein müssen, damit Offshore-Windparks (OWP) als Projektfinanzierungen realisiert werden können.

Enriches our understanding of how individuals, groups, and institutions can effectively cooperate to govern shared spaces and resources.

The Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin in India is one of the most densely populated regions in the world and is undergoing rapid transformation of its natural landscape induced by human interventions, such as mushrooming of dams and barrages, deforestation, and urbanization.

Fifty years ago Georgia chose how it would use the natural environment of its coast.

This book takes an interdisciplinary look at environmental protection during Poland's transition to market democracy.

Waste Management Policies and Practices in BRICS Nations explores recent developments in waste management.

This book offers an Indigenous supplement to the rich and growing area of visual legal scholarship.

A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).

This book analyses the interpretation of environmental offences contained in the waste, contaminated land, and habitats' protection regimes.

Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership: Sustainable Futures addresses property and land title as central mechanisms governing access to communally-held land and resources.

The global demand for clean, renewable energy has rapidly expanded in recent years and will likely continue to escalate in the decades to come.

This book reconsiders the use of food metaphors and the relationship between law and food in an interdisciplinary perspective to examine how food related topics can be used to describe or identify rules, norms, or prescriptions of all kinds.

An authoritative review of the implementation of new crop breeding technologies and their role in feeding an increasing global population.

Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general.

Focusing on systemic risks caused by climate change, this book examines how these risks can be effectively regulated to ensure resilience and avoid catastrophe.

Sexual exploitation and human sex trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar international industry that preys on youth.