Ecological Governance - Reappraising Law''s Role in Protecting Ecosystem Functionality

A comprehensive legal analysis of how governance of human activities in developed states should be restructured to improve ecological protection.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Scientific and ethical foundations; 3. Ecologically-oriented policy-making; 4. Governing an ecological transition; 5. Ecological planning; 6. Public participation in ecological governance; 7. Informing ecological governance.

About the author

Olivia Woolley is a lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen. In her research she explores how law can be used more effectively to protect ecosystem functionality, particularly by enhancing the sustainability of developed states.

Summary

A comprehensive legal analysis of how governance of human activities in developed states should be restructured to improve ecological protection.

Product details

• Authors: Olivia Woolley, Olivia (University of Aberdeen) Woolley, Woolley Olivia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107630512
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63051-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Law, LAW / Environmental, Conservation of the environment, comparative law, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment