1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139931903321

Titolo

Handbook of catchment management / / edited by Robert C. Ferrier and Alan Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

9786612686139

9781282686137

1282686135

9781444307672

1444307673

9781444307689

1444307681

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (556 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FerrierRobert C

JenkinsAlan

Disciplina

333.91

Soggetti

Water quality management

Watershed management

Water resources development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Catchment Management; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: The Catchment Management Concept; 2: Wetland Management; 3: Flood Management; 4: Ecological Consequences of River Channel Management; 5: Managing Agricultural Catchments to Sustain Production and Water Quality; 6: Effluent Management; 7: Managing Urban Runoff; 8: Catchment to Coast Systems - Managing Microbial Pollutants for Bathing and Shellfish Harvesting Waters; 9: Irrigation Management in a Catchment Context; 10: Managing Potable Water Supplies; 11: Managing Catchments for Hydropower Generation

12: The Danube River - the Most International River Basin13: Murray-Darling Basin - Integrated Management in a Large, Dry and Thirsty Basin; 14: Water Resources in South East England - a Dilemma in Sustainable Development; 15: Managing the Catchments of the Great



Barrier Reef; 16: Catchment Management Case Study - Senegal River; 17: Laguna De Bay - A Tropical Lake Under Pressure; 18: Chesapeake Bay Catchment Management - Lessons Learned from a Collaborative, Science-based Approach to Water Quality Restoration; 19: The Glasgow Strategic Drainage Plan

20: The Ruhr Catchment (Germany) - the Contribution of Reservoirs to Integrated River Basin Management21: Evolution of River Basin Management in the Okavango System, Southern Africa; 22: Basin Management Approaches used in a High-latitude Northern Catchment - the Mackenzie River Basin; 23: The Future for Catchment Management; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the fundamental requirement for an interdisciplinary catchment based approach to managing and protecting   water resources that crucially includes an understanding of land use and its management.   In this approach the hydrological cycle links mountains to the sea, and ecosystems in rivers, groundwaters, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and coasts forming an essential continuum directly influenced by human activity. The book provides a synthesis of current and future thinking in catchment management, and shows how the specific problems that arise in water use policy can be addr



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953732503321

Autore

Blennerhassett Joanne

Titolo

A comparative examination of multi-party actions : the case of environmental mass harm / / Joanne Blennerhassett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2016

ISBN

9781509905324

1509905324

9781509905317

1509905316

9781509905300

1509905308

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Civil justice systems ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

344.04/6

Soggetti

Class actions (Civil procedure)

Joinder of actions

Liability for environmental damages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Collective Redress, Mass Harm, Multi-party Actions and Environmental Mass Harm -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Collective Redress and Mass Harm -- 3. Objectives of MPAs -- 4. Environmental Mass Harm and Collective Redress -- Part II: Comparative Law Experience of Selected Common Law Jurisdictions and Europe -- 5. US Collective Redress -- 6. Canadian MPA Experience -- 7. Australian MPA Experience -- 8. Collective Redress in England and Wales -- 9. EU Collective Redress -- 10. Collective Redress for Mass Harm in Ireland

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph addresses the phenomenon of mass harm and how it may be resolved through collective redress. It examines particularly how such redress may be achieved through mechanisms such as multi-party actions (MPAs). In order to do this, an analytical framework is created against which to evaluate various multi-party procedures. This is illustrated through the experience of a selection of common law jurisdictions in dealing with mass harm - namely that of England and Wales, Canada, Australia and the United States, as well as that of EU



collective redress. It examines multi-party action laws benchmarked against the objectives identified in the analytical framework. The phenomenon of environmental mass harm in particular is explored as a case study, as it illustrates some of the difficulties that may arise in mass harm litigation. Also, this work explores where the best solutions for mass harm redress may lie in the future - perhaps in collective actions or through alternatives such as regulation and alternative dispute resolution or a combination of these. Finally, the experience of mass harm litigation in Ireland is examined, as currently this jurisdiction does not have an effective mechanism for dealing with mass harm