edited by Nathalie J. Chalifour [and others] ; with a message from Kofi A. Annan.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (xix, 632 pages) :
illustrations
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law research studies
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Distinguished lectures / Akio Morishima -- pt I. International issues and legal responses to sustainable land management. Is conservation a viable land usage? issues surrounding the sale of ivory by Southern African countries in 2004 / Ed Couzens ; Climate change and land use in Africa / David Hodas ; Climate change adaptation and mitigation: exploring the role of land reforms in Africa / H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo ; The integration of landscape into land use planning policy in relation to the New European Landscape Convention / Michael Prieur ; EIA legislation and the importance of transboundary application / Lana Roux and Willemien du Plessis -- pt II. National approaches to land use planning for sustainable development. Community rights to genetic resources and their knowledge: African and Ethiopian perspectives / Mekete Bekele ; Easements and wildlife conservation in Kenya / Nyokabi Gitahi ; Land tenure, land use and sustainability in Kenya: toward innovative use of property rights in wildlife management / Patricia Kameri- Mbote ; The development of environmental law and its impact on sustainable use of wetlands in Uganda / Emmanuel Kasimbazi ; EIA and the four Ps: some observations from South Africa / Michael Kidd ; From bureaucratic-controlled to stakeholder-driven urban planning and management: experiences and challenges of environmental planning and management in Tanzania / W.J. Kombe ; Strategies for integrated environmental governance in South Africa: toward a more sustainable environmental governance and land use regime / Louis Kotze ; Environmental law and sustainable land use in Nigeria / Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan ; The role of administrative dispute resolution institutions and processes in sustainable land use management: the case of the National Environment Tribunal and the Public Complaints Committee of Kenya / Albert Mumma ; Managing the environmental impact of refugees in Kenya: the role of national accountability and environmental law / George Okoth-Obbo ; Environmental impact assessment law and land use: a comparative analysis of recent trends in the Nigerian and U.S. oil and gas industry / Bibobra Bello Orubebe ; Managing land use and environmental conflicts in Cameroon / Nchunu Sama ; Environmental law reform to control land degradation in the People's Republic of China: a view of the legal framework of the PRC-GEF Partnership Program / Ian Hannam and Du Qun ; Urbanization and environmental challenges in Pakistan / Parvez Hassan ; ASEAN Heritage Parks and transboundary biodiversity conservation / Koh Kheng Lian ; Land-use planning, environmental management and the Garden City as an urban development approach in Singapore / Lin Heng Lye ; The law and preparation of environmental management plans for sustainable development in Thailand / Sunee Mallikamarl and Nuntapol Karnchanawat ; Nepal's legal initiatives on land use for sustainable development / Amber Prasad Pant ; Environmental law and irrigated land in Australia / Karen Bubna-Litic ; Environmental impact assessment: addressing the major weaknesses / Michael I. Jeffery ; Protection of natural spaces in Brazilian environmental law / Jose R. Morato Leite, Heline S. Ferreira and Patryck de Araujo Ayala ; Land use planning in Mexico: as framed by social development and environmental policies / Gabriela Pavon and Jose Juan Gonzalez ; Argentina's constitution and General Environment Law as the framework for comprehensive land use regulation / Juan Rodrigo Walsh ; Ecological economics, sustainable land use, and policy choices / Nathalie J. Chalifour ; The 2004 U.S. Ocean Report and its implications for land use reform to improve ocean water quality / Linda A. Malone ; Historical overview of the American land use system: a diagnostic approach to evaluating governmental land use control / John Nolon.
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This 2007 book surveys the global experience to date in implementing land-use policies that move us further along the sustainable development continuum. The international community has long recognized the need to ensure ongoing and future development is conducted sustainably. While high-level commitments towards sustainable development such as those included in the Rio and Johannesburg Declarations are politically important, they are irrelevant if they are not translated into reality on the ground. This book includes chapters that discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land-use policies in different regions of the world, revealing problems that are common to all jurisdictions and highlighting others that are unique to particular regions. It also includes chapters documenting new approaches to sustainable land use, such as reforms to property rights regimes and environmental laws. Other chapters offer comparisons of approaches in different jurisdictions that can present insights which might not be apparent from a single-jurisdiction analysis.