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The Co-Evolution Of Sustainable Development And Environmental Justice: Cooperation, Then Competition, Then Conflict, J. B. Ruhl Apr 1999

The Co-Evolution Of Sustainable Development And Environmental Justice: Cooperation, Then Competition, Then Conflict, J. B. Ruhl

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Brownfields Policies For Sustainable Cities, Joel B. Eisen Apr 1999

Brownfields Policies For Sustainable Cities, Joel B. Eisen

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Conundrum Of Sustainable Development, Michael Mccloskey Apr 1999

The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Conundrum Of Sustainable Development, Michael Mccloskey

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Environmental Sustainability And Environmental Justice At The International Level: Traces Of Tension And Traces Of Synergy, Donald T. Hornstein Apr 1999

Environmental Sustainability And Environmental Justice At The International Level: Traces Of Tension And Traces Of Synergy, Donald T. Hornstein

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Brownfields Policies For Sustainable Cities, Joel B. Eisen Jan 1999

Brownfields Policies For Sustainable Cities, Joel B. Eisen

Law Faculty Publications

My analysis begins in Part I with a short summary of brownfields law and policy, and a description of our current understanding of "sustainable development." There is no hard and fast definition of the term, but it is increasingly more clear that a body of sustainable development "law" will take shape as the product of a host of decisions made now and in the near future. The optimal way to ensure that brownfields programs mesh with this body of law-whatever it turns out to be-is to incorporate basic norms of sustainable development about which there is widespread agreement. Those agreed-upon …


Sustainable Development: A Five-Dimensional Algorithm For Environmental Law, J.B. Ruhl Jan 1999

Sustainable Development: A Five-Dimensional Algorithm For Environmental Law, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article describes sustainable development as involving five dimensions: environment, economy, equity, time, and space (or scale). I suggest that the complexity inherent in balancing these five dimensions demand algorithmic approaches like those being explored in complex adaptive systems theory.


The Co-Evolution Of Sustainable Development And Environmental Justice: Cooperation, Then Competition, Then Conflict, J.B. Ruhl Jan 1999

The Co-Evolution Of Sustainable Development And Environmental Justice: Cooperation, Then Competition, Then Conflict, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article explores sustainable development and environmental justice as potentially conflicting policy goals. Sustainable development includes equity as one of its five dimensions (in addition to environment, economy, time, and space), whereas environmental justice focuses principally on equity. Over time there is likely to be an increasing number of contexts in which sustainability-based policy solutions do not satisfy environmental justice advocates.