Environment, transport and planning law: general

Environmental Change in Lesotho identifies and analyzes the drivers of land-use change and the consequences of these changes on the livelihoods of rural land-users/managers.

This book addresses the rights of indigenous peoples to marine space and associated marine resources under international law.

In 2017 four rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and Colombia were given the status of legal persons, and there was a recent attempt to extend these rights to the Colorado River in the USA.

In recent years the concept of the resource "e;nexus"e; has been both hotly debated and widely adopted in research and policy circles.

Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once again after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

This volume examines women and wildlife trafficking via a collection of narratives, case studies and theoretical syntheses from diverse voices and disciplines.

This book corrects the tendency in scholarly work to leave Indigenous peoples on the margins of discussions of environmental inequality by situating them as central activists in struggles to achieve environmental justice.

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are harmful to human health and to the environment.

This textbook provides a concise introduction for students with little or no legal background, to the role of law in environmental protection.

There are many compelling reasons for policymakers to pay more attention to forested regions and invest more resources there.

This book explores a range of plausible futures for environmental law in the new era of the Earth's history: the Anthropocene.

The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation  (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles.

The growing field of urban law demands a collaborative scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives.

This book studies the extent to which nuclear safety issues have contributed towards the stagnation of nuclear power development around the world, and accounts for differences in safety regulations in different countries.

Klimaschutzgesetze von Bund und Ländern, BEHG, GEG, GEIG, Elektromobilität, Kohleausstieg, grüner Wasserstoff, Energiesteuer, Stromsteuer, Treibhausgasquote, EEG 2021, KWKG 2020, Kerosinsteuer, Verbot von Verbrennungsmotoren, Energieeffizienz, grünes Vergaberecht, grüne Zölle und jetzt noch die Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum KSG: Das Klimaschutzrecht entwickelt sich rasant.

This book on Environmental Jurisprudence of Courts of India provides a general overview of the enactments passed by the Indian Parliament for environmental protection such as the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, Wild Life (Protection Act), 1972, The Public Liability Insurance Act, (1991), The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and National Environment Policy 2006.

El sector del transporte se enfrenta en la actualidad a retos de gran calado, entre ellos, el de seguir avanzando en el proceso de liberalización, con la consiguiente sujeción plena al Derecho de la Competencia, y de asimilar la profunda transformación a consecuencia de la irrupción de la innovación tecnológica y de la automatización en este ámbito.

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

Globalization and Environmental Challenges pose new security dangers and concerns.

First systematic study of global cities as lawmakers in the world of transnational climate change governance.

Nutrition Economics: Principles and Policy Applications establishes the core criteria for consideration as new policies and regulations are developed, including application-based principles that ensure practical, effective implementation of policy.

This book conducts an examination of the international legal regime of the continental shelf through the lens of international relations (IR), with a primary focus on global governance theory.

The fourth edition of Housing Policy in the United States refreshes its classic, foundational coverage of the field with new data, analysis, and comparative focus.

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

Fundamentals of Public Utilities Management provides practical information for constructing a roadmap for successful compliance with new and ever-changing regulatory frameworks, upgrading and maintenance, and general management of utilities operations.

Rigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex material, Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach provides practical and working knowledge of how environmental policy analysis is developed.

This book considers and clarifies many different facets of the international human right to a healthy environment.

Sustainability as a concept remains just as challenging and important today as it was when the first edition of this book was published.

Explores the significance of the Anthropocene for environmental politics, analysing political concepts in view of contemporary environmental challenges.

With cities increasingly following rigid rules for designing out crime and producing spaces under surveillance, this book asks how information shapes bodies, space, and, ultimately, policymaking.

Nach einer Einführung zur Schutzentwicklung und Begriffsbestimmung befasst sich die Arbeit mit internationalen und europäischen Maßnahmen, um einen Überblick über die aktuellen Instrumente und Regelungsmöglichkeiten zum Kulturgüterschutz zu gewinnen.

Die Autoren formulieren hier eine optimistische Gegenthese zu der weitverbreiteten Meinung, daß die Globalisierung die Handlungsspielräume für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung vermindere.

International environmental agreements provide a practical basis for countries to address environmental issues on a global scale.

This book is a collection of judgments drawn from the innovative Wild Law Judgment Project.

The goals of this book are to update information on the effects of rural road development, both in Nepal and globally, explain the environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural impacts of expanding rural road networks in the Nepalese Himalaya, and to promote further studies on rural road development throughout the world based on studies and investigations performed in Nepal.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

This title was first published in 2000: The noble goals embodied in the Endangered Species Act are colliding with financial and social realities.

This book offers a paradigm-shifting exploration of lawmaking for the complex interactions between Earth systems and outer space.

Contracts of Carriage by Air, Second Edition contains annotated analysis of the provisions of the international conventions governing the carriage of goods and passengers by air.

In the 21st century, environmental harm is an ever-present reality of our globalised world.

The eighth edition of the New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook has been thoroughly rewritten and updated.

This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers, industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most prominent European agencies.

This book unveils the myriad streams of ecocentric thoughts that have been flowing through the human mind - in indigenous communities, in the wisdom of philosophers, in the creative expressions of poets and writers - sometimes latent, but sometimes more explicit.

In today's rapidly changing workplace, safety and loss prevention professionals cannot always "e;go by the book"e; for the answers to new and unique problems and issues.

Praktische PlanungshilfeDas Buch bietet Transportunternehmen, Verwaltungshelfern, Verwaltung, Polizei und Sachverständigen eine besonders praxisorientierte Anleitung zur Planung, Abwicklung und Durchführung eines Großraum- und Schwertransportes.

This book deals with the introduction of a new type of "e;spatial measures"e; in flood governance.

Offering an introduction to students on the most essential elements of EU energy law and policy, this volume will be the go-to text for those seeking knowledge of EU energy regulation and its objectives, as well as an overview of energy law.