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Transboundary environmental governance in Asia : practice and prospects with the UNECE agreements / Simon Marsden, Professor, School of Law, Flinders University, Australia, Elizabeth Brandon Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marsden, Simon, author.
- Brandon, Elizabeth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--Asia.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental protection--Asia.
- Environmental protection.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive overview of treaty implementation and compliance concerning transboundary environmental governance in Asia is provided in this timely book. Recent United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) membership by Asian states in the Caucasus and Central Asia has shifted focus on environmental governance away from its Euro-centric roots and placed Asia at the forefront of discussion. The focus of this book is centred on the five UNECE treaties: Public Participation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Industrial Accidents, Water and Air Pollution. Twelve related protocols are dis
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of international cases, treaties and other international instruments; PART I Transboundary environmental governance; 1. Introduction; 2. Institutions and regimes; PART II Treaties and Protocols; 3. The Public Participation Convention and Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers Protocol; 4. The Environmental Impact Assessment Convention and Strategic Environmental Assessment Protocol; 5. The Industrial Accidents Convention and Civil Liability Protocol; 6. The Water Convention and Water and Health Protocol
- 7. The Air Pollution Convention and Associated ProtocolsPART III Combined effect and outlook; 8. Practice and capacity building in Central Asia; 9. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78254-712-6
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