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Climate Change and Sustainable Development Law in a Nutshell
John R. Nolon
Patricia E. Salkin
出版
West
, 2011
主題
Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development
Law / Environmental
Science / Global Warming & Climate Change
ISBN
0314264205
9780314264206
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bBtUYgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
It traces the historical development of sustainable development and climate change law, showing that they appeared on the world stage at the same time and illustrating how they can be best understood, implemented, and practiced as a single body of law and policy. The book amply and ably illustrates the initiatives taken by all levels of government to achieve sustainable development, showing how these inititiatives provide important opportunities to manage, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. The Nutshell explains how the U.S. legal system fosters greenhouse gas reduction, energy conservation, and sustainable patterns of growth, including energy-efficient and sustainable buildings, the use of renewable energy resources, the protection of sequestering open space, and the adaptation of buildings and communities to sea level rise and natural disasters.