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• 1. Harnessing the Power of Science in Environmental Law.

  » Harnessing the Power of Science in Environmental Law: Why We Should, Why We Don’t, and How We Can   Abstract   Environmental Law was born out of the new scientific understandings of ecology in the mid 20th century. Although science has historically played a role in environmental law, its role has been more limited than may seem appropriate for an area of law that it so dependant on science to ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  7,792 engagements | 

• 2. Protecting Life on Earth.

  » Protecting Life on Earth: An Introduction to the Science of Conservation   INTRODUCTION   Written to be accessible to any college level reader, Protecting Life on Earth offers a non technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity crisis delivers vivid examples throughout, including features on som...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,819 engagements | 

• 3. Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law.

  » Equality Among Unequals in International Environmental Law: Differential Treatment for Developing Countries   INTRODUCTION   To deal effectively with global environmental problems, such as climate change, we need global cooperation. Yet all too many developing countries lack the economics, infrastructures, and technical capacity to tackle these problems; therefore, developing countries need to ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,409 engagements | 

• 4. Discretion and the Criminalization.

  » Discretion and the Criminalization of Environmental Law of Environmental Law     Abstract     Enforcement of federal environmental law is complex. Central to the efficacy of enforcement is the role of prosecutors and judges in exercising their discretion over which violations to prosecute and what sanctions to impose. In the context of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), discretion is exercised ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,665 engagements | 

• 5. National experiences and prospects

  » New instruments of environmental governance?:   Abstract     The use of so called “new” environmental policy instruments such as eco taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements and eco labels has prompted widespread claims that these devices have replaced regulation. These papers offer a fresh perspective on the evolving tool box of environmental policy.     “For example, water right...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,264 engagements | 

• 6. Law in Environmental Decision-Making.

  » Law in Environmental Decision Making: National, European, and International Perspectives     INTRODUCTION This collection draws together a range of approaches to environmental legal issues, covering a broad spectrum from domestic to international law. The contributors investigate aspects of law’s influence in environmental decision making and consider whether legal institutions and theory can ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  8,080 engagements | 

• 7. Environment and Statecraft.

  » Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty Making ABSTRACT   This book develops a theory of international cooperation on environmental issues. The theory integrates a number of disciplines, including game theory, economics, international law, and international relations. It explains why treaties are used to address these challenges, and what makes treaties succeed or fail. T...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,460 engagements | 

• 8. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WORLD RELIGIONS.

  » A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WORLD RELIGIONS AND CLEAN WATER LAWS     I. INTRODUCTION   Religion could help save the ecology of our planet. Religious values are core to many people in this world3 and we must speak to this core to realize the radical ethical changes required to save our planet.4 Laws designed to prevent environmental degradation must be crafted and implemented with recognition that...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,320 engagements | 

• 9. Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation.

  » Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Twenty Years of Experience by Jody Freeman (2006 11 30)   INTRODUCTION   Over the last decade, market based incentives have become the regulatory tool of choice when trying to solve difficult environmental problems. They are widely viewed as more efficient than traditional command and control regulation. This collection of essays takes ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,255 engagements | 

• 10. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice.

  » New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism     INTRODUCTION Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice is the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women ha...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,208 engagements | 

• 11. FACING UP TO FRESHWATER POLLUTION.

  » FACING UP TO FRESHWATER POLLUTION: WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT AS MOMENTOUS AS THE 1970S, WHEN THE CLEAN WATER ACT WAS ENACTED   INTRODUCTION   THE STATE OF FRESHWATER IN NIGERIA resembles A Tale of Two Cities. It is the best of times in that, in the latter portion of the 20th century, we reversed the general disregard for water bodies. Our nation rallied in the face of flammable rivers, water bod...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,638 engagements | 

• 12. THE LEGACY OF SPRAWL.

  » NATURE IN FRAGMENTS: THE LEGACY OF SPRAWL   INTRODUCTION   Biological diversity (or biodiversity, for short) is the variety of life on Earth and the interactions, cycles, and processes of nature that link it all together. In its broadest definition, biodiversity includes individual species, the genetic diversity within species, the natural communities in which these species interact, and the e...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,139 engagements | 

• 13. THE STATE OF THE EARTH.

  » THE STATE OF THE EARTH: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN RIVERS STATE   Abstract   Environmental issues are meant to be operationalized through the formulation of actor specific environmental actions plans, which define priority action that will convert strategy into practice. The Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) process which is an increasingly popularized cans of solving the myriads of p...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,165 engagements | 

• 14. THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION .

  » THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) LANDFILLS: EMERGING PUBLIC AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES   INTRODUCTION   Historically, construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfills have been considered nonhazardous operations, containing relatively inert wastes such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metals, gypsum drywall, and roofing materials. In recent years, however, it has become increasin...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,276 engagements | 

• 15. THE EFFECT OF DUMPING IN DIXIE.

  » THE EFFECT OF DUMPING IN DIXIE: RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY   INTRODUCTION   To be poor, working class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five Afric...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,280 engagements | 

• 16. THE EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.

  » THE EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN NIGERIA   ABSTRACT In Nigeria, inadequate supply of pipe borne water is a major concern; hence many homes have wells as a source of water for household uses. The groundwater of forty wells in Agbowo community was assessed for Total Aerobic Bacteria Counts (TABC) and Total Coliform Counts (TCC). The location and distances of wells from septic tanks were d...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  6,513 engagements | 

• 17. THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS CHALLENGES TO TRASH INCINERATORS.

  » THE IMPACT OF GRASSROOTS CHALLENGES TO TRASH INCINERATORS IN NIGERIA   When first proposed in this country during the 1970s, waste to energy (WTE) incinerators appeared to be ideal solutions to the growing mounds of trash in our “throw away” society. Promising to convert useless garbage into electricity while saving precious landfill space, trash incinerators seemed perfectly timed to respond...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  6,031 engagements | 

• 18. PLANNING FOR EX-LANDFILL REDEVELOPMENT.

  » PLANNING FOR EX LANDFILL REDEVELOPMENT: ASSESSING WHAT COMMUNITY HAVE IN MIND   Abstract   Malaysia, a fast growing developing country is now facing the issue of inadequate urban spaces for futuredevelopment, which leads to the need to redevelop the brownfield, particularly ex landfills. A total of 296ex landfills have been planned to undergo redevelopment by the year 2020. Although there is a p...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  7,381 engagements | 

• 19. JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

  » JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION “The environment is man's first right. Without a safe environment, man cannot exist to claim other rights, be they political, social, or economic”. Ken Saro Wiwa (1941 to 1995) The environment is defined as all the external factors influencing the life and activities of animals, plants and...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,680 engagements | 

• 20. HAZARD RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF A SMALL COMMUNITY.

  » HAZARD RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF A SMALL COMMUNITY: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA     Abstract   Shiroro dam is one of the three major hydroelectric dams built on River Kaduna in Niger State located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. The river flood plain downstream the dam has rich alluvial soils with great agricultural potentials and this has been the major pull factor for several local communitie...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,552 engagements | 

• 21. THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS METROPOLIS.

  » THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS METROPOLIS: FLOODING AND URBAN ECOLOGY IN NIGERIA   ABSTRACT Although better known for its sunny skies, nigeria suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little known chapter in the city’s history—the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the city’s 114 debris dams, 5 flood control basi...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  8,120 engagements | 

• 22. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.

  » A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: ASSESSING RISK AND REDUCING DISASTER   ABSTRACT This is the third edition of an introductory textbook on environmental hazards aimed primarily at an undergraduate audience. The latest edition was drafted at the end of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, and underlines how much remains to be done. Improvements in understanding t...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,725 engagements | 

• 23. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES OF URBAN

  » AREAS FACING FLOOD RISKS     INTRODUCTION   Hurricane Sandy has delivered another painful reminder that urban areas need to find new ways to confront the increasingly difficult task of flood preparation. A flood occurs “when water runoff from the land exceeds the capacity of the stream channel. ”Flood Risks Excepting the Inner Mountain West and Southern California, a map of vulnerable flood...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  85 pages |  5,163 engagements | 

• 24. THE UNNATURAL HISTORY OF NATURAL DISASTER IN NIGERIA.

  » ACTS OF GOD: THE UNNATURAL HISTORY OF NATURAL DISASTER IN NIGERIA   ABSTRACT     With  the  exception of the 9/11 disaster, the top ten most costly catastrophes in U.S. history have all been natural disasters–five of them hurricanes–and all have occurred since 1989. Why this tremendous plague on our homes? In Acts of God , environmental historian Ted Steinberg explains that much of the de...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  8,836 engagements | 

• 25. The politics of conservation: using international carbon.

  » The politics of conservation: using international carbon trading to protect forests and biodiversity   ABSTRACT   Carbon trading to reduce tropical deforestation is emerging as a leading strategy to combat harmful climate change while also potentially reducing threats to biodiversity. Funds devoted to this purpose could soon swamp all other investments in tropical conservation, as exemplified by...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  83 pages |  5,209 engagements |