Environmental Law - Environmental Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology

   Edited by Nigel South, Avi Brisman

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Academic and general interest in environmental crimes, harms, and threats, as well as in environmental legislation and regulation, has grown sharply in recent years. The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology is the most in-depth and comprehensive volume on these issues to date....

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Climate Change, Forests and REDD

   Lessons for Institutional Design

   Edited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno Kuik

   Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

   A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Environmental Governance in Europe and Asia

   A Comparative Study of Institutional and Legislative Frameworks

   By Jona Razzaque

   Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

   This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The book assesses the legislative, institutional and...

   Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Spatial Dimension of Risk

   How Geography Shapes the Emergence of Riskscapes

   Edited by Detlef Müller-Mahn

   Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

   Through its exploration of the spatial dimension of risk, this book offers a brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how to manage, tolerate and take risks. A broad range of risks are examined, including natural hazards, climate change, political violence, and...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. Climate Change Ethics

   Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm

   By Donald Brown

   Climate change is now the biggest challenge faced by humanity worldwide and ethics is the crucial missing component in the debate about what to do about this enormous threat. This book examines why thirty-five years of discussion of human-induced warming has failed to acknowledge fundamental...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources In Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by David Jensen, Stephen Lonergan

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   When a country emerges from violent conflict, the management of the environment and natural resources has important implications for short-term peacebuilding and long-term stability, particularly if natural resources were a factor in the conflict, play a major role in the national economy, or...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Trade Unions in the Green Economy

   Working for the Environment

   Edited by Nora Räthzel, David Uzzell

   Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted. Yet research has largely ignored labour and its responses. This book brings together sociologists, psychologists, political scientists,...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Green vs. Green

   The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

   By Ryan M. Yonk, Randy T. Simmons, Brian C. Steed

   Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

   Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States. Non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Governance

   Edited by Suzanne Kingston

   Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

   This book provides a range of perspectives on some of the most pressing contemporary challenges in EU environmental law and governance from some of today’s leading European environmental academics and practitioners. The book maintains a focus on three key cross-cutting issues, each of which is...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. The WTO and the Environment

    Development of competence beyond trade

    By James Watson

    Series: Routledge Research in International Economic Law

    This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over the practises of the member countries as well as in other international treaties. The book addresses the development of environmental competency in the WTO and examines...

    Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge