Finding solutions for environmental conflicts : power and negotiation /
Christie, Edward.
Finding solutions for environmental conflicts : power and negotiation / Edward Christie. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008. - xvii, 335 p. ; 24 cm. - New horizons in environmental law . - New horizons in environmental law series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Principles and concepts in environmental decision-making -- 3. Constraints to participation in public interest environmental conflicts -- 4. Enforcement of environmental laws : legal rights, conflict resolution, knowledge power and negotiation -- 5. Sustainability and the environment -- 6. Environmental impact assessment -- 7. Risk, precaution and the environment : biotechnology -- 8. Hazardous chemicals and public health -- 9. Biodiversity and threatened species -- 10. Managing and resolving environmental conflicts by negotiation : NIMBY or NIMBI?
"Environmental conflicts over sustainability, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), biodiversity, biotechnology and risk, chemicals and public health, are not necessarily legalistic problems but land use problems. Edward Christie shows how solutions for these conflicts can be found via consensual agreement using an approach that integrates law, science and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and reframes the role of law and science. This book assesses the key unifying principles of environmental and administrative law in Australia, the UK, EU and USA, together with accepted scientific concepts for environmental management and protection."--BOOK JACKET.
9781847200709 (hbk.)
014493870 Uk
Environmental policy.
Umweltschutz
Konfliktregelung
Environmental law.
Environmental law--Australia.
Environmental law--United States.
363.7 / C4631f
Finding solutions for environmental conflicts : power and negotiation / Edward Christie. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008. - xvii, 335 p. ; 24 cm. - New horizons in environmental law . - New horizons in environmental law series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Principles and concepts in environmental decision-making -- 3. Constraints to participation in public interest environmental conflicts -- 4. Enforcement of environmental laws : legal rights, conflict resolution, knowledge power and negotiation -- 5. Sustainability and the environment -- 6. Environmental impact assessment -- 7. Risk, precaution and the environment : biotechnology -- 8. Hazardous chemicals and public health -- 9. Biodiversity and threatened species -- 10. Managing and resolving environmental conflicts by negotiation : NIMBY or NIMBI?
"Environmental conflicts over sustainability, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), biodiversity, biotechnology and risk, chemicals and public health, are not necessarily legalistic problems but land use problems. Edward Christie shows how solutions for these conflicts can be found via consensual agreement using an approach that integrates law, science and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and reframes the role of law and science. This book assesses the key unifying principles of environmental and administrative law in Australia, the UK, EU and USA, together with accepted scientific concepts for environmental management and protection."--BOOK JACKET.
9781847200709 (hbk.)
014493870 Uk
Environmental policy.
Umweltschutz
Konfliktregelung
Environmental law.
Environmental law--Australia.
Environmental law--United States.
363.7 / C4631f