Land Use category: 92 books
by Emma Warner-Reed
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The Optimize series is designed to show you how to apply your knowledge in assessment. These concise revision guides cover the most commonly taught topics, and provide you with the tools to:
Understand the law and remember the details
using diagrams and tables throughout to demonstrate...
From Walden to Wall Street
Frontiers of Conservation Finance
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
"From Walden to Wall Street makes clear that a system of market-based conservation finance is vital to the future of environmental conservation." -Henry M. Paulson, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Governors, The Nature Conservancy In the absence of innovation...
by John T. Mugambwa, Harrison A. Amankwah
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Martin Dixon, Emma Lees
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation. Each book contains up to fifty essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and...
Property and Values
Alternatives To Public And Private Ownership
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Property and Values offers a fresh look at property rights issues, bringing together scholars, attorneys, governmofficials, community developmpractitioners, and environmental advocates to consider new and more socially equitable forms of ownership. Based on a Harvard Law School conference organized...
by Michael Barnes QC
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
This book is a statement of the current law of compulsory purchase of land and compensation for that purchase. It covers all major aspects of the procedure for the compulsory acquisition of land and deals in full detail with all aspects of the law of compensation for such an acquisition. The many...
Discovering Indigenous Lands
The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. North America, New Zealand and Australia were colonised by England under an international legal...
by John Page
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Property is more diverse than is usually assumed. Developing the concept of property diversity, this book explores the varied role of property in placed human landscapes. In acknowledging the propertied diversity about us, the book highlights the paucity of our settled contemporary assumptions of...
The National Wildlife Refuges
Coordinating A Conservation System Through Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
The National Wildlife Refuges provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and policies governing the managemof national wildlife refuges, offering for the first time a practical description and analysis of the managemregime outlined in the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System ImprovemAct, the...
Beyond the Fracking Wars
A Guide for Lawyers, Public Officials, Planners, and Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Beyond the Fracking Wars provides an accessible and credible reference for lawyers, public officials, planners, and citizens. It avoids a "pro" or "anti" position and serves as a balanced resource on common issues associated with unconventional oil and gas exploration and development....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Essential resources do more than satisfy people's needs. They ensure a dignified existence. Since the competition for essential resources, particularly fresh water and arable land, is increasing and standard legal institutions, such as property rights and national border controls, are strangling access...
by Silas Flint
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Most people don't think much about acquisitions or "takings" of private property by the government--until they receive a letter that their land is about to be taken! This complex subject is made easy to understand in this volume. The author uses zany humor and bizarre examples to describe the...
Historical Frictions
Maori Claims and Reinvented Histories
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
The land claims presented before the Waitangi Tribunal, first established in 1975 as a permanent commision of inquiry to address claims by the Maori people, are discussed in this analysis of the role of legal courts and commissions in mediating disputes with indigenous peoples.
Assessing Urban Governance
The Case of Water Service Co-production in Venezuela
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
When examining the relationship between urban governance and improved service provision in the Global South, there is frequently a gap between the rhetoric and the reality. Informal, practice-based local governance processes that aim to produce better urban services often diverge from official governance...