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Land Use Law for Sustainable Development

Land Use Law for Sustainable Development

Author: Nathalie J. Chalifour; Patricia Kameri-Mbote; Lin Heng Lye
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107410480
Published In: October 2012
Format: Paperback , 654 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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This 2007 book surveys the global experience to date in implementing land-use policies that move us further along the sustainable development continuum. The international community has long recognized the need to ensure ongoing and future development is conducted sustainably. While high-level commitments towards sustainable development such as those included in the Rio and Johannesburg Declarations are politically important, they are irrelevant if they are not translated into reality on the ground. This book includes chapters that discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land-use policies in different regions of the world, revealing problems that are common to all jurisdictions and highlighting others that are unique to particular regions. It also includes chapters documenting new approaches to sustainable land use, such as reforms to property rights regimes and environmental laws. Other chapters offer comparisons of approaches in different jurisdictions that can present insights which might not be apparent from a single-jurisdiction analysis.

• Truly global - articles from all regions of the world

• Identifies innovative practices in sustainable land use policy

• Scholarly papers help illustrate and explain the companion volume, Compendium of Land Use Laws for Sustainable Development

List of Contributors		page ix
Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations		xiii
Foreword by Charles Odidi Okidi and Nicholas Adams Robinson		xv
Acknowledgments		xix
Introduction		1
Nathalie J. Chalifour, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Lin Heng Lye, John R. Nolon, and Charles Odidi Okidi
Challenges of Environmental Law – Environmental Issues and Their Implications to Jurisprudence		6
Akio Morishima
ONE. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND LEGAL RESPONSES TO SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
1	Is Conservation a Viable Land Usage? Issues Surrounding the Sale of Ivory by Southern African Countries	27
	Ed Couzens
2	Climate Change and Land Use in Africa	45
	David R. Hodas
3	Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Exploring the Role of Land Reforms in Africa	60
	H. W. O. Okoth-Ogendo
4	The Integration of Landscape into Land Use Planning Policy in Relation to the New European Landscape Convention	71
	Michel Prieur
5	EIA Legislation and the Importance of Transboundary Application	89
	Lana Roux and Willemien du Plessis
TWO. NATIONAL APPROACHES TO LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
*Africa*
6	Community Rights to Genetic Resources and Their Knowledge: African and Ethiopian Perspectives	111
	Mekete Bekele
7	Easements and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya	120
	Nyokabi Gitahi
8	Land Tenure, Land Use, and Sustainability in Kenya: Toward Innovative Use of Property Rights in Wildlife Management	132
	Patricia Kameri-Mbote
9	The Development of Environmental Law and Its Impact on Sustainable Use of Wetlands in Uganda	161
	Emmanuel Kasimbazi
10	EIA and the Four Ps: Some Observations from South Africa	181
	Michael Kidd
11	From Bureaucracy-Controlled to Stakeholder-Driven Urban Planning and Management: Experiences and Challenges of Environmental Planning and Management in Tanzania	197
	W. J. Kombe
12	Strategies for Integrated Environmental Governance in South Africa: Toward a More Sustainable Environmental Governance and Land Use Regime	219
	Louis J. Kotzé
13	Environmental Law and Sustainable Land Use in Nigeria	240
	Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan
14	The Role of Administrative Dispute Resolution Institutions and Processes in Sustainable Land Use Management: The Case of the National Environment Tribunal and the Public Complaints Committee of Kenya	253
	Albert Mumma
15	Managing the Environmental Impact of Refugees in Kenya: The Role of National Accountability and Environmental Law	266
	George Okoth-Obbo
16	Environmental Impact Assessment Law and Land Use: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends in the Nigerian and U.S. Oil and Gas Industry	281
	Bibobra Bello Orubebe
17	Managing Land Use and Environmental Conflicts in Cameroon	304
	Nchunu Sama
*Asia*
18	Environmental Law Reform to Control Land Degradation in the People’s Republic of China: A View of the Legal Framework of the PRC–GEF Partnership Program	315
	Ian Hannam and Du Qun
19	Urbanization and Environmental Challenges in Pakistan	334
	Parvez Hassan
20	ASEAN Heritage Parks and Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation	352
	Kheng-Lian Koh
21	Land Use Planning, Environmental Management, and the Garden City as an Urban Development Approach in Singapore	374
	Lin Heng Lye
22	The Law and Preparation of Environmental Management Plans for Sustainable Development in Thailand	397
	Sunee Mallikamarl and Nuntapol Karnchanawat
23	Nepal’s Legal Initiatives on Land Use for Sustainable Development	417
	Amber Prasad Pant
*Australia*
24	Environmental Law and Irrigated Land in Australia	433
	Karen Bubna-Litic
25	Environmental Impact Assessment: Addressing the Major Weaknesses	451
	Michael I. Jeffery
*Latin America*
26	Protection of Natural Spaces in Brazilian Environmental Law	471
	José Rubens Morato Leite, Heline Sivini Ferreira, and Patryck de Araújo Ayala
27	Land Use Planning in Mexico: As Framed by Social Development and Environmental Policies	484
	Gabriella Pavon and Jose Juan Gonzalez
28	Argentina’s Constitution and General Environment Law as the Framework for Comprehensive Land Use Regulation	503
	Juan Rodrigo Walsh
*North America*
29	Ecological Economics, Sustainable Land Use, and Policy Choices	526
	Nathalie J. Chalifour
30	The 2004 U.S. Ocean Report and Its Implications for Land Use Reform to Improve Ocean Water Quality	555
	Linda A. Malone
31	Historical Overview of the American Land Use System: A Diagnostic Approach to Evaluating Governmental Land Use Control	581
	John R. Nolon
Index		611

Nathalie J. Chalifour
University of Ottawa

Patricia Kameri-Mbote
University of Nairobi

Lin Heng Lye
National University of Singapore

John R. Nolon
Pace University, New York