Research Catalog

Title

The Environment after Rio : international law and economics / edited by Luigi Campiglio ... [et al.] on behalf of Istituto per L'Ambiente, Fondazione Eni E. Mattei.

Publication

London ; Boston : Graham & Trotman/M. Nijhoff ; Norwell, MA, USA : [Distributed by] Kluwer Academic Publichers Group, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

Campiglio, Luigi, 1947-

Description

xvi, 285 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Comprises 19 papers which are revised versions of papers presented to the Congress on the environment after Rio, held at Courmayeur, Italy in 1993. The papers are grouped under four themes: the Rio Conference between policy and law; declarations and conventions adopted at Rio; prospects for the future in light of Agenda 21 and evolving international environmental; and environment, development and interdependence.

Series Statement

International environmental law and policy series

Uniform Title

International environmental law and policy series

Subject

• Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'environnement et le développement
• Rio de Janeiro > Konferenz für Umwelt und Entwicklung (1992)
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Environmental policy > Congresses
• Environmental policy > International cooperation > Congresses
• Environmental policy > Economic aspects > Congresses
• Environmental law > Congresses
• Sustainable development > Congresses
• Environmental Policy > Economic aspects > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Road to Rio: The Development of Negotiations / Andronico O. Adede -- 2. The Role of the United States / Scott A. Hajost -- 3. The Role of the European Communities / Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie -- 4. The Role of the Developing Countries / Chris K. Mensah -- 5. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development / Alexandre Kiss -- 6. The Legal Protection of the World's Forests after Rio '92 / Alberto Szekely -- 7. The Framework Convention on Climate Change / Jean-Francois Pulvenis -- 8. The Convention on Biological Diversity / Alan E. Boyle -- 9. The Polluter Pays Principle in the Early 1990s / Henri Smets -- 10. The Management of Water Resources / Stephen McCaffrey -- 11. The Protection of the Oceans in Agenda 21 and International Environmental Law / Tullio Treves -- 12. The Protection of Mountain Areas in the Instruments Adopted at the Rio Conference / Laura Pineschi -- 13. Is There Anything New in the Concept of Sustainable Development? / Peter J. Hammond -- 14. Economic Growth, Technical Progress and the Environment / Ignazio Musu -- 15. North-South Trade, Property Rights and the Dynamics of the Environment / Graciela Chichilnisky -- 16. Global Environmental Change, Rationality and Ethics / Stefano Zamagni -- 17. Poverty and the Environment: Is There a Trade-off? / Partha Dasgupta -- 18. Urbanization, Energy and Environment: For a Global Approach / Samir Allal -- 19. Are International Institutions in Favour of the Environment? / Yves Berthelot.

ISBN

1853339490

LCCN

^^^93034907^

OCLC

• 29027238
• SCSB-10030092

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library