Implementation of oil related environmental policies in Nigeria : government inertia and conflict in the Niger Delta / by Fidelis Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Fidelis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--North America.

Environmental policy.

Oil pollution of water--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Oil pollution of water.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Oil spills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fidelis Allen situates violent conflict in the Niger Delta in the context of failure by government to effectively implement relevant oil-related environmental policies intended to achieve sustainable development, arguing that oil and environment-related conflicts in the region are reflections of this failure. This failure is premised on the notion that the goal of sustainable development as clearly outlined in Nigeria's National Environmental Policy and implied in various other policies can ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ACRONYMS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4438-3470-X

OCLC:

823721127