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Ex Situ Preservation Of Historic Monuments In The Era Of Climate Change, Shelby D. Green
Ex Situ Preservation Of Historic Monuments In The Era Of Climate Change, Shelby D. Green
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Cultural heritage (historic buildings, landscapes, and natural monuments) is being threatened by all manner of evils--attacks by belligerents seeking military advantages, increased consumptive uses, and significantly, the idiosyncratic effects of climate change. Climate change portends sea level rise and coastal erosion threats that will inundate coastal areas and the historic structures located there. Melting permafrost and changes in soil composition threaten the loss of buried archaeological evidence and compromise the integrity of ancient buildings designed for a less malevolent climate.
State and local governments have been undertaking measures to build sustainable communities to mitigate the coming changes in the climate, …
Municipal Ordinances For Historic Preservation In New York State, Nicholas A. Robinson
Municipal Ordinances For Historic Preservation In New York State, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Mandated State agency action for historic preservation and encouragement to new local initiatives is found in the N.Y.S. Historic Preservation Act of 1980, Article 14 of the Parks and Recreation Law, L. 1980, Ch. 354 (A. 11779-A). Members of the NYSBA interested in following developments in Historic Preservation Law may wish to participate in the Historic Preservation Law Committee of the Association's new Section on Environmental Law.
Historic Preservation Law: The Metes & Bounds Of A New Field, Nicholas A. Robinson
Historic Preservation Law: The Metes & Bounds Of A New Field, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Historic Preservation Law has come to mean that combination of regulations, common-law property principles, tax incentives, and adjective law in administrative proceedings, governing historic sites and property within the United States. Although Congress first recognized a need to conserve the nation's wealth of historic amenities in 1906 when it adopted The Antiquities Act, it was only with the nation's bicentennial that the volume and diversity of laws designed to maintain, protect and preserve historic America grew to the point where it could be said that a new field of law had emerged. The symposium which follows this essay represents the …