Human rights and the environment [[electronic resource] ] : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world / / edited by Lyuba Zarsky
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| Autore: |
Zarsky Lyuba
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| Titolo: |
Human rights and the environment [[electronic resource] ] : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world / / edited by Lyuba Zarsky
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Earthscan, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 288 p. ) : ill., maps |
| Disciplina: | 323 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human rights |
| Globalization | |
| Environmental degradation | |
| Economic development - Environmental aspects | |
| Politics and Government | |
| Business & Economics | |
| Economic Theory | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: | ZarskyLyuba |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface * Introduction: Conflicts, Ethics and Globalization * Part I: Integrating Human Rights and Environmental Ethics ? The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in International Law * Global Reach: Human Rights and Environment in the Framework of Corporate Accountability * Part II: Conflicts Over Mineral and Oil Development - Mining in Suriname: Multinationals, the State and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp * Environment, Human Rights and Mining Conflicts in Ghana * Conflicts Over Transnational Oil and Gas Development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East: A David and Goliath Tale * Part III: Conflicts Over Development Strategies - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of Trade Liberalization: A Case Study in Batam Island, Indonesia * Global Norms, Local compliance and the Human Rights-Environment Nexus: A Case Study of the Nam Theun II Dam In Laos * The Darien Region Between Colombia and Panama: Gap or Seal * Environment, Development and Human rights in China: A Case Study of Foreign Waste Dumping * Part IV: Conflicts Over Land Rights in China: A Case Study of Foreign Waste Dumping * Part IV: Conflicts Over Land Rights - Environment and Land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa * Ecological Roots of Conflict in Eastern and Central Africa: Towards a Regional Ombudsman * Part V: Conclusion - Promoting Environmental Human Rights Through Innovations in Mediation * Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines, including law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, to analyse the issues and show how new standards that protect rights and liberties can be established. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Human rights and the environment |
| ISBN: | 1-136-56364-4 |
| 1-136-56365-2 | |
| 1-280-47561-7 | |
| 1-84977-163-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782199503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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