Sökning: "environmental rights"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 73 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental rights.
1. Arguments for Access to Justice : Supra-individual Environmental Claims Before Administrative Courts
Sammanfattning : In the early 19th century, in the wake of industrialisation, complaints from people affected by pollution were considered a threat to industrial expansion and economic growth. Today, the right of access to justice is increasingly considered a legal vehicle for enhancing environmental protection. LÄS MER
2. Enforcing Environmental Responsibilities : A Comparative Study of Environmental Administrative Law
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the distrubution of responsibilities in the environmental law enforcement procedure, between the state and the individual environmental actor. The state and its public authorities have a fundamental environmental responsibility. This responsibility is nevertheless shared with the actors. LÄS MER
3. Access to water : Rights, obligations and the Bangalore situation
Sammanfattning : The city of Bangalore in southern India is undergoing rapid urbanisation and administrative transition. Its growth puts pressure on the available water sources – being mainly the disputed inter-State River Cauvery and the hard-rock aquifers – with ensuing problems of access. LÄS MER
4. Mineral Rights : Legal Systems Governing Exploration and Exploitation
Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to examine the legal procedures and systems concerning granting or possessing mineral rights, and how such rights may be exercised, particularly given the diametric interests of land use, ownership and land tenure. The study, comparative in its nature, aims at highlighting the similarities and differences between the countries and states of comparison, and thereby identify interesting solutions of issues relating to the granting and exercising of mineral rights. LÄS MER
5. Unravelling the social and ecological implications of policy instruments for biodiversity governance
Sammanfattning : Biodiversity losses are occurring at an unprecedented rate, with ongoing environmental degradation at the expense of expanding economic activities. A transformative change is needed away from business-as-usual development and towards prioritizing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. LÄS MER
