Law and Practice on Public Participation in Environmental Matters - The Nigerian Example in Transnational Comparative Perspective

This book focuses on public participation in environmental governance, in terms of public access to environmental information and public participation in environmental decision-making processes. Drawing on the body of international best practice principles in environmental law and taking a comparative stance, Uzuazo Etemire takes Nigeria as a key case, evaluating its procedural laws and practices in relation to public access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters.

Sommario

1. Introduction 2. Society, Political Governance and Public Participation in Nigeria 3. Theoretical Foundations of Public Participation: An Environmental Context 4. Public Access to Environmental Information: International Best Practice Principles 5. Public Access to Environmental Information: Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 6. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: International Best Practice Principles 7. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 8. Conclusion

Info autore

Uzuazo Etemire is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Uzuazo Etemire, Etemire Uzuazo
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138094154
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09415-4
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; LAW / General, LAW / Environmental, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Public International Law, Social impact of environmental issues, Environmental policy & protocols, Development Studies, Environment law, Environmental policy and protocols