Environmental

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403502465Author Lye Lin-HengFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law InternationalWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789041192288Author Jose Juan Gonzalez MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law International

This volume of new essays presents critical new scholarship on law for sustainable development. Its contributors provide international and comparative perspectives on the current state of environmental law and its future directions. Aimed at both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403547411Author Maizatun MustafaFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law InternationalWeight(grams) 481g

This book provides a comprehensive and up to date comparative study of the management and resolution of conflicts between conservation and recreation in protected areas in the US and China. Competing claims on the use of nature, increasing regulation of...

This examination of the role of litigation in addressing the problem of climate change focuses not only on how the massive and growing number of lawsuits influences regulation directly, but also on how the lawsuits shape corporate behaviour and public...

Emerging from the scientific parameters underpinning REDD+ (including the measurement of carbon stocks, reporting and verification), Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon considers the crucial challenges for global and national governance and the legal rights...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403533865Author Mohammad NaseemFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law International

This book develops a new theory of the modern economy. Conventional economic theory is (still) based on an essentially static notion of equilibrium. In contrast, this book offers an analysis of the economic process based on a truly dynamic approach. It...

This work presents the evolution of the traditional concept of "national security" as military security to additionally embrace "environmental security" and then necessarily also "social (societal) security", thence to be...

Based on the swisspeace annual conference 2012, the publication examines the delicate balance between external interventions and locally-led initiatives. It addresses the question of what "local" means in the peacebuilding and development...

This book analyses the topical and contentious issue of the human rights impacts associated with carbon projects, especially in developing countries. It outlines a human rights-based approach to carbon finance as a functional framework for mainstreaming...

This book presents Nils Petter Gleditsch, a staff member of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) since 1964, a former editor of the Journal for Peace Research (1983-2010), a former president of the International Studies Association (2008-2009) and...

Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere. Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human...

The era of eco-crises signified by the Anthropocene trope is marked by rapidly intensifying levels of complexity and unevenness, which collectively present unique regulatory challenges to environmental law and governance. This volume sets out to address...

In recent years, voluntary approaches to emission reductions have increasingly been adopted by major companies all over the world and have increasingly been supported by regulatory bodies and public administrations. Despite this world-wide effort to...

This treatise is an outgrowth of a series of seminars and tutorials on selected legal aspects of geology that were offered to several generations of undergraduate students at Lawrence University. The offerings were in response to a keen interest in how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966255822Author Charles O. OkidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint East African Educational Publishers LtdPublisher East African Educational...

Climate disasters demand an integration of multilateral negotiations on climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, human rights and human security. Via detailed examination of recent law and policy initiatives from around the...

This book explores ways in which ideas from America could be used to improve the effectiveness of environmental laws in Britain and throughout Europe. It addresses some of the wider issues which help to decide whether environmental laws are effective or...

This book is the first ever written on English marine conservation regulation from a socio-legal perspective. The monograph presents an in-depth analysis of key aspects of Marine Protected Areas regulation in England, offering the reader access to an...

This volume honors the lifetime achievements of distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Carolyn Stephenson presents Prof. Alger as a Pioneer in the Study of the Political Process and on NGO Participation in the...

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 with devastating consequences. Almost all analyses of the disaster have been dedicated to the way the hurricane affected New Orleans. This volume examines the impact of Katrina on southern...

Energy transitions are fundamental to achieving a zero-carbon economy. This book explains the urgently needed transition in energy systems from the perspective of the global political economy. It develops an historical, global, political and ecological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914608865Author Brendon MoorhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Law Brief PublishingPublisher Law Brief PublishingWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Constitutions can play a central role in responding to environmental challenges, such as pollution, biodiversity loss, lack of drinking water, and climate change. The vast majority of people on earth live under constitutional systems that protect the...

Current advancements in civil rights and environmental activism emphasize the crucial importance of making environmental information widely available to the public, regardless of whether it is in the hands of the government or of corporations, especially...

Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle East has been the focus of various projects for the establishment of arms control (including CBMs) regimes. Whereas some of these projects were initiated at the global level, others were discussed and debated at...

This book is one of four volumes on a major empirical migration study by leading Thai migration specialists from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The camps on the Thai-Myanmar border are the result...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781108707749Author Khaled HassineFormat PaperbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

This is an open access book. Lewis F Richardson (1981-1953), a physicist by training, was a pioneer in meteorology and peace research and remains a towering presence in both fields. This edited volume reviews his work and assesses its influence in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798869419088Author Baby ProfessorFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 386g

Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless. Moreover, disasters disrupt local, national and even global economies, instantly changing the direction of development. In the...

Climate change, population growth and the increasing demand for water are all capable of leading to disputes over transboundary water systems. Dealing with these challenges will require the enhancing of adaptive capacity, the improving of the quality of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781108841801Author Sarah J. MorathFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

This is the second volume to commemorate the 90th birthday of the distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger to honor his lifetime achievement in international relations and as President of the International Studies Association (1978-1979). After a brief...

This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters, whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased. Climate change affects young people in many ways: causing...

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Rapid and transformational actions are ever more urgently needed to achieve a just, resilient, and ecologically sustainable global society, as envisioned and supported by the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, dynamic governance approaches are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403547619Author Indre ZvaigzdinieneFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law InternationalWeight(grams) 200g