Environmental Justice and Land Use Conflict - The Governance of Mineral and Gas Resource Development

Using an environmental justice lens, this multi-disciplinary book explores cases of land use conflict through the lived experiences of communities grappling with such disputes.

List of contents

1. Land use conflict and the role of justice 2. Theories of environmental justice 3. The Bulga case study 4. The Namoi catchment Case Study: Part 1 – Coal mining on the Liverpool Plains 5. The Namoi catchment Case Study: Part 2 – Coal seam gas exploration in the Narrabri Shire 6. The Mercellus Case Study 7. The search for justice in the governance of extractice resource development

About the author

Amanda Kennedy is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law at the University of New England, Australia.

Summary

Using an environmental justice lens, this multi-disciplinary book explores cases of land use conflict through the lived experiences of communities grappling with such disputes.

Additional text

"Amanda Kennedy, in her book "Environmental Justice and Land use Conflict….", by using an environment justice lens, has drawn our attention towards various social imbalances, involving negative impacts of environmental degradations, that have crept in around major mineral and gas extraction projects and impacted the surrounding communities. She has given minute details of the issues involved in various case studies from Australia and US, involving major coal, coal gas and shale projects, where land use conflicts and environmental degradation concerns have emerged." Amanda Kennedy, Environmental Justice and Land Use Conflict, Routledge

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Kennedy, Amanda (University of New England Kennedy, Kennedy Amanda
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138888562
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88856-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management; Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, Regional & area planning, Central / national / federal government policies, Energy resources, Central government policies, Regional and area planning