Union européenne. - Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: a comparative study of institutional and legislative frameworks

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of environmental governance and its status in Europe and Asia. The book assesses the legislative, institutional and participatory mechanisms which affect the overall development of environmental governance, and analyses current issues, concerns and strategies in respect of environmental governance at the local, national and international levels. The rapid changes in economic, social and political life have had an enormous impact on Asias ecosystems and resources. Asian countries, in the name of economic development, are following the same environmentally destructive path their European counterparts followed in the past. The key to the environmental future of these two regions lies in the evolution of the character of governance the ensemble of social ethics, public policies and institutions which structure how state actors and civil society interact with the environment.

This book will be valuable to scholars and students of environmental law, environmental politics, EU and Asian studies, public policy, and to decision-makers and policy analysts.

Jona Razzaque is a barrister and an Associate Professor of Environmental Law at the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol). She has researched widely on access to justice and participatory rights in environmental matters and her publications include Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Kluwer, 2004), Globalisation and Natural Resources Law (Edward Elgar, 2011) and forthcoming Natural Resources and the Green Economy: Redefining the Challenges for People, States and Corporations (Brill, 2012).

Available titles in this series:

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Environmental Governance in Europe and Asia

A comparative study of institutional and legislative frameworks

Jona Razzaque

Jona Razzaque

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Razzaque, Jona.

Environmental governance in Europe and Asia : a comparative study of institutional and legislative frameworks / Jona Razzaque.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-415-49654-4 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-203-07860-0 (pbk.)

1. Environmental lawEurope. 2. Environmental lawAsia. 3. Environmental law, International. 4. Environmental policyEurope. 5. Environmental policyAsia. 6. Environmental managementEurope. 7. Environmental managementAsia. I. Title.

K3585.R39 2012

344.4046dc23

2012022100

ISBN 978-0-415-49654-4 (hbk)

ISBN 978-0-203-07860-0 (ebk)

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