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The issues surrounding Hong Kong's global position and international links grow increasingly complex by the day as the process of Hong Kong's transformation from a British colony to a Chinese Special Administration Region unfolds. This volume addresses a...

Diese Sammlung führt die wichtigsten Vorschriften aus dem thüringer Forstrecht erstmals in einer kompakten Form zusammen. Sie umfasst Gesetze und Verwaltungsvorschriften aus dem allgemeinen Verwaltungs-, Wald- und Naturschutzrecht sowie dem neuen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Politik - Klima- und Umweltpolitik, Note: 1,7, Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ökologische Probleme, hervorgerufen durch unzureichend ausgelegte Partikelfilter...

This book looks at key research covering a wide range of aspects of environmental sustainability and the mitigation of environmental impacts of livestock production, including emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide),...

Das Buch ""Die Einf�����hrung eines internationalen Eisenbahnfrachtrechts"" von Georg Eger aus dem Jahr 1877 besch�����ftigt sich mit der Entwicklung eines einheitlichen Eisenbahnfrachtrechts auf internationaler Ebene. Der Autor beschreibt die...

Das Buch ""Die Eidgen������ssische Eisenbahngesetzgebung Mit Angabe Der Quellen F�����r Die Kenntniss Der Darauf Bezuglichen Praxis Der Bundesbeh������rden"" wurde im Jahr 1887 von Heinrich Hurlimann verfasst. Es behandelt die Gesetzgebung im Bereich der...

International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability provides a clear and concise insight into the relationship between the institutions that govern foreign investment, sustainable development and the rules and regulations that administer...

The core structure of the regulatory regime for international civil aviation (the 'Chicago System') is inter-national. The features of the Chicago System were designed in an era when the world's airlines were State-owned, and the most pressing...

Originally published in 2004. Examining the successes and failures of three decades of environmental law, this absorbing book reconsiders some of the policies devised to remedy centuries of abuse of the planet. It acknowledges the advances made using...

This innovative survey of world history from earliest times to the present focuses on the role of four factors in the development of humankind: climate, communication and transportation technology, scientific advances, and the competence of political...

This book provides a reimagining of how Western law and legal theory structures the human-earth relationship.As a complement to contemporary efforts to establish rights of nature and non-human legal personhood, this book focuses on the other subject in...

How does order emerge out of the multiplicity of bodies, objects, ideas and practices that constitute the urban? This book explores the relation between space, law and control in the contemporary city - and particularly in the context of urban 'mega...

Transparency in the regulation of water utilities is essential in order to ensure quality and fairness. This book explores and compares different regulatory arrangements in the water utilities sectors in three jurisdictions to determine which regulatory...

Human activities are depleting ecosystems at an unprecedented rate. In spite of nature conservation efforts worldwide, many ecosystems including those critical for human well-being have been damaged or destroyed. States and citizens need a new vision of...

For more than 500 years, Indigenous laws have been disregarded. Many appeals for their recognition under international law have been made, but have thus far failed - mainly because international law was itself shaped by colonialism. How, this volume...

Environmental harms exert a significant toll and pose substantial economic costs on societies around the world. Although such harms have been studied from both legal and social science perspectives, these disciplinary-specific approaches are not, on...

In the era of modern industrial regimes, the role of technology in tackling climate change is pivotal. International goals of climate change mitigation and sustainable development cannot be achieved without the contribution of new technologies.

This handbook presents a much-needed and comprehensive exploration of the rapidly growing fields of animal welfare and law.

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

This book builds trust, consensus, and capacity through enhanced understanding through a water conflict management framework designed to bolster collaborative skills. Built on case studies analysis and hands-on applications, the authors assess the...

This book addresses the role of law in the adaptive management of socioecological systems.

Water is the lifeblood of human existence. New Mexico's history provides a fascinating microcosm of the role water plays in the growth and development of a community. This book details many of the complex and messy fights, legal and otherwise, over...

This book explores the failure of established institutions to challenge the categorical centrality of 'Western Man' to modernity. This failure can be linked to a fundamental tension between the tired assumptions of modernism and the urgent needs of a...

Through a legal analysis that also incorporates historic, economic and sociological perspectives, the book argues that genetic resources are not tangible resources but information. It shows that the existing preference for bilateralism and contracts...

This book provides a fresh conceptualisation of water security, developing an operational methodology for identifying the four core elements of water security which must be addressed by international law: availability; access; adaptability; and ambit.

Despite the clear link between climate change and human rights with the potential for virtually all protected rights to be undermined as a result of climate change, its catastrophic impact on human beings was not really understood as a human rights issue...

In the blink of an eye, a car crash can change your life forever. And when the collision wasn't your fault, the aftermath can be especially overwhelming, leaving you grappling with physical injuries, emotional distress, and a labyrinth of legal...

Several disturbing issues pose a threat to the marine environment and its wellbeing, among them marine environmental pollution and degradation of marine biodiversity. Most troubling is that these issues are overwhelmingly caused by human activities which...

What are our obligations towards future generations who stand to be harmed by the impact of today's environmental crises? This book explores ecological sustainability as a human rights issue and examines what our long-term responsibilities might be.This...

This book analyses how protecting the rights of local communities can contribute to the alleviation of ecological harms through the development of an innovative 'Rights for Ecosystem Services' framework.

Climate Change Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa Region provides an in-depth and authoritative examination of the guiding principles of climate change law and policy in the MENA region. This volume introduces readers to the latest...

Recent advances in agri-food technology have brought increasing complexity and emerging challenges to food safety regulation and governance, with many countries greatly divided in their regulatory approaches. As more advanced CRISPR-based gene-editing...

The book ""Rules and Regulations Relating to the Pollution of Water and Ice, Duties of Health Officers, Quarantine, and the Transportation of the Dead"" was published by the California State Board of Health in 1905. It is a comprehensive guide that...

Agricultural Policy in the United States: Evolution and Economics traces U.S. agricultural policy from its colonial roots to the present, using economic concepts to analyze and interpret political and economic consequences. It also examines the processes...

This volume examines environmental law and governance in the Pacific, focusing on the emerging challenges this region faces. The Pacific is home to some of the world's most astonishing biological and cultural diversity. At the same time, Pacific Island...

This book traces the development-environment discourse in India and examines the multi-layered interaction between society and nature in the light of the role of the state, judiciary, and the civil society.

This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mismanagement of medical care due to: * inadequacies or...

""Correspondence In Relation To The Killing Of Prisoners In New Orleans On March 14, 1891"" is a book written by James G. Blaine in 1891. The book is a collection of letters and reports related to the killing of prisoners in New Orleans on March 14, 1891...

Forensic Forestry: A Guidebook for Foresters on the Witness Stand is a one-of-a-kind, hands-on resource for those forestry and land use professionals called upon to work on legal cases and testify in court. Land use and forestry issues in the United...

The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare draws on the research of scientists, lawyers, economists and political scientists to address the current and future regulatory problems posed by the issues of animal health and disease.  Recent events...

This book examines the increasingly widespread movement to recognise the environment as a legal person.

Extending law beyond the human, the book examines the conceptual openings, methodological challenges, and ethical conundrums of law in a time of socio-ecological transition.

This book demonstrates the need to coordinate private and corporate actors with national and global sustainable climate policies, with conventions in the spheres of green energy laws, as well as from the spheres of commercial, trade, and other private...