Research handbook on climate change adaptation law
By: edited by Jonathan Verschuuren, Professor of International and European Environmental Law, Tilburg Sustainability Center, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Series: Research handbooks in environmental law
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781781000076; 9781781000083
Subjects: Climatic changes; Law and legislation
Description: "The present book is a much needed publication on climate change adaptation law. It is a collaborative effort of distinguished experts from around the world and adopts a holistic approach to adaptation, taking a global view, with a focus on the international, the regional and domestic levels. This publication has a wealth of information, illustrating the issue of adaptation with many examples from all over the world. One of the most valuable aspects of this book, ensuring that it will have a lasting value, is that it discusses all fields of law, which are vulnerable to climate change (such as tort law; insurance law; disaster law; marine law; water law; planning law; construction law; environmental law; forestry; energy law; biodiversity). The book also includes general issues of adaptation, such as climate justice and the relationship between adaptation and development; human rights in the context of migration law and compensation. It is written in a very accessible language and will be an indispensable reading for both scholars and practitioners. The content and structure of the book make it a definitive book on climate adaptation"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jonathan Verschuuren; title: Climate change adaptation under the United Nations framework convention on climate change and related documents / Jonathan Verschuuren; title: Adaptation and climate justice / Rosemary Lyster; title: Climate change induced displacement and migration and human rights law / Mariya Gromilova and Nicola Jägers; title: Climate change adaptation and compensation / Michael Faure; title: Climate change adaptation and disaster law / Dewald van Niekerk; title: Climate change adaptation and public health law / Lindsay F. Wiley; title: Climate change adaptation and agricultural and forestry law / Robert W. Adler; title: Climate change adaptation and water law / Jonathan Verschuuren; title: Climate change adaptation and marine and coastal law / Tim Stephens; title: Climate change adaptation and biodiversity law / Arie Trouwborst; title: Climate change adaptation and land use planning law / Keith H. Hirokawa and Jonathan Rosenbloom; title: Climate change adaptation and green building / Keith H. Hirokawa and Aurelia Marina Pohrib; title: Climate change adaptation and environmental and pollution control law / Jonathan Verschuuren; title: Climate change adaptation and electricity infrastructure / Rosemary Lyster and Rebekah Byrne.