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A Study in Anti-Humanism

A thoughtful and moderate defense of democratic humanism.
...Ferry sees deep ecology (or what Americans would call deep ecology) as fundamentally at odds with democracy.Essentially, we may read his critique as claiming that, while democracy incorporates an open-ended dialogue over the good, deep ecology promotes a singular vision of what is good.Deep ecology is biocentric, placing humankind squarely in the midst of nature; democracy, in contrast, is humanistic.Deep ecology promotes a dissolution of the subject; democracy places the subject at its core. Accurate yet misleading
This book is an astute critique of some of the naive and even undemocratic tendencies in Deep Ecology. But it is unfair to associate Deep Ecology with fascism without pointing out that fascism has other political heirs far more powerful than any ecologist. Read more

Subjects:  1. Deep ecology    2. Ecofeminism    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental Studies    5. Human Geography    6. Human ecology    7. Life Sciences - Ecology    8. Philosophy    9. Political aspects    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Applied ecology    12. Environment law    13. Europe    14. Germany    15. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    16. Social Science / Human Geography    17. USA    18. Western philosophy, from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Natural Resources    4. Colorado    5. Energy & natural resources law   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental auditing    5. Environmental law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. United States    10. Environmental & ecological science    11. Law / Environmental   

Subjects:  1. Building construction & materials    2. English law: environment law    3. English law: planning law   

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leading to civil war?
The book's essays study an often cruel paradox. Why do some developing countries with valuable natural resources descend into civil war? The answers are manifold, with the foremost amongst these being described here.
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Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Civil war    3. Developing countries    4. Economic conditions    5. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    6. Industries - General    7. International - Economics    8. Natural Resources    9. Nature    10. Nature/Ecology    11. Civil defence    12. Conflict resolution    13. Development economics    14. Management of land & natural resources   

Subjects:  1. (1992)    2. Biodiversity conservation    3. Biological diversity conservat    4. Convention on Biological Diver    5. Environmental    6. General    7. Germplasm resources    8. International    9. Law    10. Natural Resources    11. Science    12. Wildlife    13. International economic & trade law   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Law and legislation    3. Natural Resources    4. Natural gas    5. Petroleum    6. Petroleum law and legislation    7. Taxation    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    3. Law    4. Nature    5. Applied ecology    6. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental permits    3. General    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States    8. Wetlands    9. Environment law    10. Law / General    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Boston Harbor    3. Environmental    4. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    5. Environmental Science    6. General    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Marine pollution    11. Massachusetts    12. Massachusetts.    13. Metropolitan District Commissi    14. Metropolitan District Commission    15. Quincy (Mass.)    16. Trials, litigation, etc    17. Conservation of the environment    18. Jurisprudence & General Issues    19. Law / Environmental    20. Local history   

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Bravo!
A great reference book for those needing to decipher hazardous waste regulatory jargon.I've wasted my money on other so-called interpretive guides, which merely summarized the law. Ho hum.Wagner's book goes muchfurther to explain and decipher the regulations, not just the law.Veryhelpful!

Finally, a book that fully and correctly explains RCRA!
A colleague shared this book with me to help explain some meaty aspect of RCRA.I finally understand what is required so that I can talk intelligently with the regulators.I subsequently went out and purchasedmy own copy.This book is great as a reference.I highly recommend youobtain a copy if you are as mystified by the RCRA regs as most of us are. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental Law    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental Studies    6. Hazardous Waste Disposal And Treatment    7. Hazardous wastes    8. Law and legislation    9. Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. United States    13. Environment law    14. Occupational / industrial health & safety    15. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    16. Technology / Environmental    17. USA    18. Waste management   

Subjects:  1. Climatic changes    2. Environmental    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental management    5. Global warming    6. Government policy    7. International cooperation    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. International environmental law    11. Law / Environmental   

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Revitalizing underutilized industrial sites---how it's done
The authors clearly present the factors that, on one hand, allow industrial and commercial property eyesores to exist, and on the otherhand, those factors that can redevelop them into valuable modern realestate.The NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewers have participated in brownfieldsremediation designs and in the development of estimated costs forremediation, sometimes extending decades into the future.Brownfields are,according to an EPA definition, "...abandoned, idled, or underused industrialand commercial sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated byreal or perceived environmental contamination that can add cost, time anduncertainty to a redevelopment project."Read more

Subjects:  1. Brownfields    2. Chicago    3. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Environmental Engineering (General)    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental aspects    8. Illinois    9. New Age    10. Political Science    11. Public Policy - Regional Planning    12. Real estate development    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. United States    15. Urban Renewal    16. Building construction & materials    17. Environment law    18. Environmental economics    19. Management of land & natural resources    20. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    21. Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Environmental Impact Analysis    3. Environmental Law    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental Studies    6. Environmental management    7. Natural Resources    8. Political Science    9. Public Policy - Regional Planning    10. Science/Mathematics    11. United States    12. Environmental economics    13. Management of land & natural resources    14. Pollution & threats to the environment    15. Technology / Environmental   

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Excellent Book!
This is a must book for those who have land and all they need to know of the laws,ESA,and so on in order to help wildlife. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Endangered species    2. Environmental    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Studies    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems    8. Nature    9. Political Process - General    10. Property    11. Right of property    12. United States    13. Wildlife conservation    14. Central government policies    15. Conservation of the environment    16. English law: environment law    17. English law: planning law    18. Management of land & natural resources    19. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    20. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Environmental    3. Environmental law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States    7. Environment law    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    9. USA   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Environmental    3. Environmental law, Internation    4. Environmental law, International    5. International    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Marine pollution    10. Marine resources conservation    11. Environment law   

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A Student's Perspective
Despite more than 1,000 international legal instruments with at least one significant environmental provision, and environmental law systems in virtually all countries of the world, we are still seeing environmental quality deteriorate, sometimes at a significant rate. Why? Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development draws upon the best literature from law, economics, political science, and other disciplines to show that the answer is not always more law, but often more effective law. The book's succinct yet comprehensive approach to domestic and international environmental law and policy makes it a must read for both the environmentally conscious global citizen and the most studied of practitioners and policy makers.
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Subjects:  1. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Commercial - General    3. Environmental    4. Environmental Law    5. Environmental aspects    6. General    7. Law    8. Law (Specific Aspects)    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Liability for environmental da    11. Liability for environmental damages    12. Real Estate    13. Real estate business    14. United States    15. Vendors and purchasers    16. Law / General    17. Management of land & natural resources   

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Must read for Conservationists
"Few ideas have bred more mischief in recent times, for the beauty and health of landscapes and communities, than the belief that privately owned land is first and foremost a market commodity that its owner can use in whatever way earns the most money."So begins a remarkable study of the changing views of private property throughout American history. The dynamic tension is between land health, in the Leopoldian sense, and unfettered freedom. Freyfogle explores the major common law doctrines dealing with private property, as well as evolving statute law. Interwoven throughout the book are reviews of relevant Supreme Court cases. Landowner rights are seen as a "bundle" of rights that are subject to change as societal priorities shift. Although the book is fundamentally about law, it does not at all read like a legal brief. It is a very engaging read. Freyfogle reviews in detail the "tragedy of the commons", contrasting it with his own "tragedy of fragmentation." The two prophets that serve as his muses are Aldo Leopold and Wendell Berry. It is clear that we are going to have to rethink property law issues as we begin to face the limits of our growth. Freyfogle's book will be an important guidebook for us for years to come as we begin to grapple with these issues.

With an open mind
Reading this book has made me probe the fundamental assumptions that I make about what it means to own land. This book presents a fresh and very well-sustained argument that private land ownership entails public responsibilities. It also discusses what those might include. The author weaves together legal and general history, philosophy, economic theory, conservation writings, ecology, and literature into an engaging and telling story about the institution of private property in America. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Economic aspects    2. Economics Of Natural Resources (General)    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Studies    5. Environmental aspects    6. Land Use    7. Land tenure    8. Natural Resources    9. Nature    10. Nature/Ecology    11. United States    12. Environment law    13. Environmentalist thought & ideology    14. Law / Property    15. Management of land & natural resources    16. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    17. Property & real estate    18. USA