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 Access to Environmental Justice: A Comparative Study

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xvi)   (128K)
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    • Contents
    • The Contributors
  • Access to Environmental Justice: Some Introductory Perspectives (1-20) by Andrew Harding   (167K)
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    • I. Origins
    • II. Soas/a2Ej: an Outline
    • III. Soas/a2Ej: the Findings
    • IV. The Contributions to This Book
    • V. Finally ...
  • Access to Environmental Justice in Ghana (Accra) (21-58) by James S. Read   (239K)
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    • I. Introduction: General Background
    • II. Context: General 'Participation Endowments'
    • III. Structures for Environmental Decision-making
    • IV. The Role of Non-governmental Organisations
    • V. Gateways to Public Participation: Rights, Decisionmaking and Process
    • VI. Conclusion
  • Access to Environmental Justice in India's Garden City (Bangalore) (59-88) by Amanda Perry-Kessaris   (212K)
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    • I. An Anatomy ... Of Public Responsibility
    • II. ... Of Legal Gateways
    • III. ... Of Obstacles to Environmental Justice
    • IV. 'the Politics of Banglaore Is the Politics of Real Estate'
    • V. Conclusion
  • Access to Environmental Justice in Indonesia (89-124) by Adriaan Bedner   (241K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Legal Gateways to Environmental Justice
    • III. Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • IV. Access to Litigation and Mediation and Factors Shaping Their Effectiveness
    • V. Conclusions
  • Access to Environmental Justice in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (125-156) by Andrew Harding and Azmi Sharom   (224K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Environmental Law in Historical Perspective
    • III. Structure of Environmental Decision-making
    • IV. The Judiciary
    • V. Human Rights
    • VI. Water Pollution
    • VII. Air Pollution
    • VIII. Squatter Communities
    • IX. Licensing
    • X. Environmental Impact Assessment
    • XI. Generic Problems
    • XII. Conclusions
  • Access to Environmental Justice in a Politically Unstable Environment: a Case Study of Nepal (157-176) by Surya Subedi   (169K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Environmental Impact Assessment
    • III. Access to Justice
    • IV. Conclusion
  • Access to Environmental Justice: Karachi's Urban Poor and the Law (177-204) by Martin Lau   (208K)
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    • I. Introduction: Karachi and Its Urban Poor
    • II. The Legal Framework
    • III. Conclusion
  • Towards a Greener China? Accessing Environmental Justice in the People's Republic of China (205-236) by Michael Palmer   (218K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Legislative Framework for Environmental Protection
    • III. Institutional Framework
    • IV. Seeking Environmental Justice
    • V. Conclusions
  • Access to Environmental Justice in the South West Pacific (237-270) by Nicola Pain   (231K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. The South West Pacific
    • III. Access to Justice: Procedural Aspects of Participation
    • IV. Public Interest Environmental Litigation
    • V. Case Study: Mining in Papua New Guinea
    • VI. Case Study: Forestry in the Solomon Islands
    • VII. Conclusion
  • Access to Environmental Justice and Public Participation in Thailand (271-288) by Thawilwadee Bureekul   (157K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Public Participation
    • IV. Case Study: Hin Krud Power Plant
    • V. Major Factors Affecting Public Participation
    • VI. Conclusion and Recommendations
    • Appendix: Chronology of the Hin Krud Project
  • Access to Environmental Justice in United Kingdom Law (289-316) by Jean-Jacques Paradissis and Michael Purdue   (202K)
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    • I. Access to Environmental Information
    • II. Legal Rights of Public to Participation in Environmental Decision-making
    • III. Access to the Courts
    • IV. Conclusions
  • Access to Environmental Justice in the United States: Embracing Environmental and Social Concerns to Achieve Environmental Justice by J. Mijin Cha (317-354)   (240K)
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    • I. The Beginnings of Environmental Justice
    • II. Looking to Statutes and the Court for Relief
    • III. Standing Requirements in Brief
    • IV. Executive Order 12898
    • V. Federal Substantive Environmental Laws
    • VI. The Centre on Race, Poverty and the Environment
    • VII. Conclusions
  • A Note on Environmental Law-Enforcement Duties (355-362) by Andrew Harding   (102K)
  • Index (363-380)   (137K)