Urban environments and wildlife law : a manual for sustainable development / / Paul A. Rees

• Autore: Rees Paul A
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.41046954
• Soggetto topico: Nature conservation - Law and legislation - Great Britain; City planning and redevelopment law - Great Britain; Urban ecology (Sociology)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Law, Ecology and Organisations; 1 An introduction to the law; 1.1 The English legal system and devolution; 1.1.1 Introduction; 1.1.2 Criminal and civil law; 1.1.3 Types of legislation; 1.1.4 Law reports; 1.1.5 Judicial review and ultra vires; 1.2 Where to find the law; 1.2.1 Titles of legal cases and where to find law reports; 1.2.2 How to find English legislation; 1.3 Lawyers and the court system; 1.3.1 The legal profession; 1.3.2 The courts; 1.3.3 Planning inquiries ; 1.3.4 Legal personality and locus standi: who has a right to bring an action to the courts?1.4 European Union law; 1.4.1 The history of the European Union; 1.4.2 The institutions of the European Union; 1.4.3 Primary legislation; 1.4.4 Secondary legislation; 1.4.5 The supremacy of European law; 1.4.6 Where to find EC law; 1.4.7 The EU and international law; 1.5 International law; 1.5.1 The nature of international treaties; 1.5.2 Sources of international law; Reference; 2 The principles of classification and ecology; 2.1 Animal and plant names and the law; 2.1.1 Introduction ; 2.1.2 The binomial system2.1.3 Scientific names and the law; 2.1.4 The major groups of living things; 2.1.5 Species identification; 2.2 Basic concepts in ecology; 2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Energy flow; 2.2.3 Nutrient cycling; 2.2.4 Species diversity; 2.2.5 Population dynamics; 2.2.6 Ecological succession; 2.2.7 Soil; 2.2.8 Ecological surveys; 2.2.9 The distribution of species; 2.3 Nature conservation; 2.3.1 Why bother to conserve nature?; 2.3.2 Pollution and biological indicators of environmental quality; 2.3.3 Conservation management; 2.3.4 Design of nature reserves; 2.3.5 Urban ecology ; ReferencesIdentification guides; 3 The organisation and administration of nature conservation in the UK; 3.1 Central government and its agencies; 3.1.1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; 3.1.2 The statutory nature conservation agencies; 3.1.3 National Parks Authorities; 3.1.4 Wildlife Inspectorate; 3.1.5 Heritage; 3.1.6 Other government agencies; 3.1.7 Local government and police; 3.2 Non-statutory conservation organisations; 3.2.1 Species-based organisations; 3.2.2 Habitat-based organisations; 3.2.3 Environmental pressure groups; 3.3 An outline of nature conservation law ; 3.3.1 A brief history of the law in the UK3.3.2 European law; 3.3.3 International law; 3.4 UK government policy; 3.4.1 The Urban and Rural White Papers; 3.4.2 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; References; Part II Species and Habitat Protection; 4 Species protection under UK law; 4.1 The protection of birds; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Classification and natural history; 4.1.3 Birds and the law; 4.1.4 Mitigation measures; 4.1.5 Case studies; 4.2 The protection of animals; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Classification and natural history; 4.2.3 Animals and the law; 4.2.4 Mitigation measures ; 4.2.5 Case studies
• Sommario/riassunto: Today construction industry is being asked more and more to protect the quality of the countryside and to help enhance our natural environment. The industry is subject to a complex and wide-ranging regulatory framework; it now needs to understand its responsibilities and take them seriously. Paul Rees provides here an authoritative guide, outlining wildlife and nature conservation law in the UK - including our European and international commitments, and giving clear explanations to a potentially costly area of law in a style accessible to the non-legal market. This co
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban environments and wildlife law
• ISBN: 1-280-23761-9; 9786610237616; 0-470-70900-6; 0-470-75851-1; 1-4051-5095-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910876930403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II