Library Catalogue
Research handbook on law, environment and the global south /
Research handbook on law, environment and the global south /
Law, environment, and the global south
edited by Philippe Cullet and Sujith Koonan
- xxvi, 490 pages ; 25 cm.
- Research handbooks in environmental law .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Questioning the concepts of development and sustainablity -- Environmental rights, enviromental justice and access to remedies -- Land use, acquisition and dispossession -- Forests : a contest resource or commodity -- Indigenous people : resource use, conservation, livelihoods and rights -- Energy and the environment -- Water : privatisation, development and human rights -- Commercial and industrial use of resources and equity.
This comprehensive Research Handbook offers an innovative analysis of environmental law in the global South and contributes to an important reassessment of some of its major underlying concepts. The Research Handbook discusses areas rarely prioritized in environmental law, such as land rights, and underlines how these intersect with issues including poverty, livelihoods and the use of natural resources, challenging familiar narratives around development and sustainability in this context and providing new insights into environmental justice.
9781800379459 (paperback)
2019951102
Environmental law--Developing countries.
344.124046 / CUL
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Questioning the concepts of development and sustainablity -- Environmental rights, enviromental justice and access to remedies -- Land use, acquisition and dispossession -- Forests : a contest resource or commodity -- Indigenous people : resource use, conservation, livelihoods and rights -- Energy and the environment -- Water : privatisation, development and human rights -- Commercial and industrial use of resources and equity.
This comprehensive Research Handbook offers an innovative analysis of environmental law in the global South and contributes to an important reassessment of some of its major underlying concepts. The Research Handbook discusses areas rarely prioritized in environmental law, such as land rights, and underlines how these intersect with issues including poverty, livelihoods and the use of natural resources, challenging familiar narratives around development and sustainability in this context and providing new insights into environmental justice.
9781800379459 (paperback)
2019951102
Environmental law--Developing countries.
344.124046 / CUL