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Linking Land Use With Climate Change And Sustainability Topped State Legislative Land Use Reform Agenda In 2008, Patricia E. Salkin
Linking Land Use With Climate Change And Sustainability Topped State Legislative Land Use Reform Agenda In 2008, Patricia E. Salkin
Patricia E. Salkin
Linking land use with climate change and sustainability topped state legislative land use reform agenda in 2008. The only discernible state land use reform trends in 2008 have focused primarily on themes surrounding sustainability. Many states pursued statutory reforms to address the strong linkages between land use and climate change, green development and affordable housing. Only one state, Michigan, focused on recodification of its planning and zoning enabling acts.
The Sustainable Relationship: What The United States And The United Kingdom Can Teach Each Other About Climate Change And Sustainable Development At The National Level, John Dernbach, Andrea Ross
The Sustainable Relationship: What The United States And The United Kingdom Can Teach Each Other About Climate Change And Sustainable Development At The National Level, John Dernbach, Andrea Ross
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
Hitting The Sustainability Accelerator: 51 Sustainability Experts, 4 Approaches, John Dernbach
Hitting The Sustainability Accelerator: 51 Sustainability Experts, 4 Approaches, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
Acting As If Tomorrow Matters: Mapping The Obstacles To Sustainability, John Dernbach
Acting As If Tomorrow Matters: Mapping The Obstacles To Sustainability, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
What Motivates Sustainability Efforts In The U.S.?, John Dernbach
What Motivates Sustainability Efforts In The U.S.?, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
U.S. Sustainability Efforts: Modest Progress But An Increasingly Distant Goal, John Dernbach
U.S. Sustainability Efforts: Modest Progress But An Increasingly Distant Goal, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
As If Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating Progress Toward Sustainability, John Dernbach
As If Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating Progress Toward Sustainability, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
Committee On Climate Change, Sustainable Development, And Ecosystems: 2012 Annual Report, John Dernbach
Committee On Climate Change, Sustainable Development, And Ecosystems: 2012 Annual Report, John Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
No abstract provided.
Are We There Yet? A Legal Assessment And Review Of The Concept Of Sustainable Development Under International Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Are We There Yet? A Legal Assessment And Review Of The Concept Of Sustainable Development Under International Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Some of the most consistently utilized terms in international environmental law are “sustainable development” and “sustainability”. Sustainable development is mentioned in virtually every domestic, regional and international laws on environment, energy and natural resources. This has led to the contentions by some scholars that the concept of sustainable development has matured into customary international law, or at least has become a general principle of international environmental law. Many researchers, however, argue that the idea of sustainable development is vague, elusive and does not add much to the efficient implementation of international environmental law. This article aims to examine and discuss …
Environmental Justice And International Environmental Law, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Environmental Justice And International Environmental Law, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Carmen G. Gonzalez
Environmental justice lies at the heart of many environmental disputes between the global North and the global South as well as grassroots environmental struggles within nations. However, the discourse of international environmental law is often ahistorical and technocratic. It neither educates the North about its inordinate contribution to global environmental problems nor provides an adequate response to the concerns of nations and communities disproportionately burdened by poverty and environmental degradation. This article examines some of the root causes of environmental injustice among and within nations from the colonial period to the present, and discusses several strategies that can be used …