Environment, transport and planning law: general

Examines the problem of poaching of elephants for ivory and looks into the factors that propagate it.

The establishment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to the crucial role attributed to science and knowledge for the successful implementation of biodiversity politics by both scientists and policy-makers.

This book analyses over 20 years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises.

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

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.

Assesses to what extent wilderness areas in Europe receive protection under international conventions, EU directives and domestic law.

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property, power, and place/definition.

The steady growth in the number of vehicles on the road, heavy reliance on coal, use of dirty fuels for residential combustion, and extensive open burning are some of the major factors leading to the progressive deterioration of air quality in developing countries in Asia.

Doing Research in Urban and Regional Planning provides a basic introduction to methodology and methods in planning research.

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

This book ties together history, legislation and economics to create an awareness of what chances an individual will have when he selects a location for a plant.

There is currently no basic text in wildlife law suitable for the wide range of courses in wildlife conservation and animal welfare at both bachelors and masters level, or for the large number of people who work in conservation and animal welfare; The Laws Protecting Animals and Ecosystems fills the gap in this significant market for a basic law text applicable to students and professionals whose primary training is in biology but who require a basic understanding of the laws relating to the protection of animals and ecosystems.

The articles selected for this volume draw on game theory, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology to consider how the process of dispute resolution is altered, challenged and made more complex by the presence of multiple parties and/or multiple issues.

Argues that the United States will not adequately address climate change until it transforms its fossil fuel energy policy.

The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular-especially in light of environmental concerns about traffic congestion and air pollution and economic concerns about the financing of infrastructure and services.

International Air Carrier Liability brings together essential treaties and airline-to-airline agreements on air carrier liability, safety and security, and supplements these with expert commentary and analysis.

In addressing the urgent questions raised by climate change, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the anthropology of climate change, guided by a critical political ecological framework.

Bringing together the world's leading experts in Urban Analysis, this remarkable and critically acclaimed volume applies the theories and models of Atsuyuko Okabe, Japan's preeminent spatial analyst, to case studies in urban planning, transport, administration, and public health in the context of the highly advanced Japanese planning system.

This extensively updated third edition of the classic casebook Marine and Coastal Law provides readers with an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to landmark laws, regulations, and legal decisions governing the United States' vast marine and coastal resources.

Introducing readers to the study of law, media and popular culture, this text, using three original case studies, re-examines the assumptions underpinning existing research and suggests alternatives.

Nearly every common law jurisdiction in the world has adopted a charter or bill of rights.

This book offers two major proposals for environmental law reform, laying the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law.

Exploring how the law can be used to influence, for better and for worse, the lives of the billions of individual animals we call wildlife, this new book focuses not only on the legal issues involved but also on the compelling ethical and moral issues that are inextricably intertwined with our treatment of wild.

This work is concerned with enforcement of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) directive in Ireland, and by extension, in the European Union more widely.

This new book covers drinking water regulations such as disinfectant by-products, synthetic organics, inorganic chemicals, microbiological contaminants, volatile organic chemicals, radionuclides, fluoride, toxicological approaches to setting new national drinking water regulations, and trihalomethanes.

How does order emerge out of the multiplicity of bodies, objects, ideas and practices that constitute the urban?

Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent international issues to be addressed.

Plastics show up in every area of our lives.

Why do people harm, injure, torture and kill animals?

This title was first published in 2003.

Law plays an essential part in the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems.

[Art Theft in War and Persecution.

In December 2015, 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, seen as a decisive landmark for global action to stop human- induced climate change.

During the negotiations in 2015 that led to the adoption of the Paris Agreement, one of the most contentious issues was the introduction of a dedicated provision in Article 8 on what is known as 'loss and damage'.

Sustainable Development has become the leading concept of the 21 century.

The human use of nature is a polarizing topic in India and across the globe, often perceived as contradictory to traditional exclusionary conservation.

This exceptional guidebook provides the strategies necessary to curtail ergonomic losses and costs associated with spiraling worker's compensation premiums and medical expenses, of major concern in all businesses.

Climate Health Risks in Megacities: Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning courageously confronts the immense challenges of alleviating climate change and takes the initiative to layout an agenda that calls for action in the rapidly changing landscape of our global climate.

Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions provides a new approach to the study of environmental and natural resource economics.

Standortsuche, Genehmigungsverfahren und Betrieb von Industrieanlagen, Regeln der Technik, Aufbau von Verwaltungsorganen, Rechtsvorschriften, Sicherheit und Gefahrstoffrecht, Betreiberpflichten, übergreifende Vorschriften und Auswirkungen auf die Betriebswirtschaft sowie ein Überblick über europäisches Umweltrecht werden in diesem Werk behandelt.

This "e;how-to"e; book on planning and managing GIS within local government describes and details the key components of a successful enterprise, sustainable and enduring GIS.

This Handbook examines the regulatory, social, financial, and technological issues pertaining to energy communities in smart cities.