This handbook analyses key issues related to environmental protection in India. It covers an entire gamut of issues such as sustainable development, environmental impact assessment, water resource management, waste management, disaster management and rehabilitation, forest conservation, wildlife protection, and pollution and climatic change. The volume provides a valuable comparative analysis of Indian and international environmental laws. The author also discusses key provisions of international covenants on environment, and various related international conferences and their outcomes. The systematic narrative provides a clear picture of the duties and responsibilities of the institutions set up under the law (such as the state pollution control boards, the municipal boards, etc.) as well as of industry owners, and the rights of ordinary citizens in relation to a clean and healthy environment.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 192 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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978-0-19-808734-2 (9780198087342)
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P.B. Sahasranaman is a practicing lawyer, and a member of the Board of Studies in Law (PG) at the Faculty of Law, Cochin University of Science and Technology.
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, member of the Board of Studies in Law (PG), Faculty of Law, Cochin University of Science and Technology
PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JURISPRUDENCE ; 1. BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAWS ; 2. THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; 3. THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE ; 4. ABSOLUTE LIABILITY OF THE POLLUTER ; 5. REVERSAL OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF ; 6. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION ; 7. ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT: AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ; 8. COMMITMENTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ; PART II DEALING WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLUTION: LAW AND POLICY ; 9. POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR ; 10. DEFILEMENT OF FRESH WATER BODIES ; 11. MARINE POLLUTION ; 12. DEGRADATION OF LAND AND FORESTS ; 13. ENDANGERED WILDLIFE ; 14. SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTE ; 15. THE RELEVANCE OF THE LAW ON PUBLIC NUISANCE ; PART III THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TASKS AHEAD ; 16. THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ; 17. THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS ; 18. ENFORCING THE 'POLLUTER PAYS' PRINCIPLE: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES ; 19. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; STATUTE INDEX ; CASE INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX.
