Uzuazo Etemire

Law and Practice on Public Participation in Environmental Matters

The Nigerian Example in Transnational Comparative Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on public participation in environmental governance, in terms of public access to environmental information and public participation in environmental decision-making processes. Drawing on the body of international best practice principles in environmental law and taking a comparative stance, Uzuazo Etemire takes Nigeria as a key case, evaluating its procedural laws and practices in relation to public access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781138854185
• ISBN-10: 1138854182
• Artikelnr.: 42459077

Autorenporträt

Uzuazo Etemire is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Society, Political Governance and Public Participation
in Nigeria 3. Theoretical Foundations of Public Participation: An
Environmental Context 4. Public Access to Environmental Information:
International Best Practice Principles 5. Public Access to Environmental
Information: Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 6. Public
Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: International Best Practice
Principles 7. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making:
Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 8. Conclusion