1st Edition
Shipbreaking in Developing Countries A Requiem for Environmental Justice from the Perspective of Bangladesh
By Md Saiful Karim
Copyright 2018
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the process of shipbreaking in developing countries, with a particular focus on Bangladesh. In the past, shipbreaking (the disposal of obsolete ships) was a very common industrial activity in many developed countries. However, due to stringent domestic environmental and labour laws it is almost impossible for the increasing number of vessels to be disposed of... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Environmental Justice
Chapter 3: Existing International Environmental Conventions—Relevance in Ensuring Environmental Justice in the Shipbreaking Industry
Chapter 4: Development of an International Legal Framework for Ship Recycling: Whither Environmental Justice
Chapter 5: Environmental Justice and Regulatory Developments for the Shipbreaking Industry in Bangladesh
Chapter 6: The Shipbreaking Industry and the Forgotten People
Biography
Dr Md Saiful Karim is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia.
