Environment, transport and planning law: general

Our attitude to nature has changed over time.

Our attitude to nature has changed over time.

In recent years, interest in climate change has rapidly increased in the social sciences and yet there is still relatively little published material in the field that seeks to understand the development of climate change as a perceived social problem.

In recent years, interest in climate change has rapidly increased in the social sciences and yet there is still relatively little published material in the field that seeks to understand the development of climate change as a perceived social problem.

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change.

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change.

Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems.

Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems.

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year.

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that nuclear power generation facilities produce about 200,000 cubic meters of low and intermediate-level waste each year.

Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people.

Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of eco-global criminology.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of eco-global criminology.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

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

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

Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat.

Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat.

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security.

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security.

The traditional concept of social justice is increasingly being challenged by the notion of a humankind that spans current and future generations.

The traditional concept of social justice is increasingly being challenged by the notion of a humankind that spans current and future generations.

Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management.

Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management.

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.

Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of "e;water wars,"e; shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building.

Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of "e;water wars,"e; shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building.

Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries.

Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries.

Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation - improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials - since the earliest plant domestications.

Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation - improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials - since the earliest plant domestications.

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts.

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts.

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.

The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization.

The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization.

This book unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water.

This book unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water.

The principle of transferable groundwater rights is that by making water rights capable of being traded in the market, water resources can be used more sustainably and efficiently.

The principle of transferable groundwater rights is that by making water rights capable of being traded in the market, water resources can be used more sustainably and efficiently.

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).

At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, the world's leaders constructed a new "e;sustainable development"e; paradigm that promised to enhance environmentally sound economic and social development.

At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, the world's leaders constructed a new "e;sustainable development"e; paradigm that promised to enhance environmentally sound economic and social development.