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Development without Destruction

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Description for Development without Destruction Paperback. A guide to management of the critical environmental issues on global agenda. It sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management. Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTF; JPSN1; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.

Since 1945, the UN has been actively engaged in conceptualizing strategies for both economic development and a sustainable environment. From a broad historical perspective, Development without Destruction sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management. Nico Schrijver highlights the UN's efforts to generate and implement strategies to resolve tensions between economic development and environmental protection, conservation and exploitation, sovereignty and internationalism, and armed conflict and peaceful access to natural resources. Schrijver's thorough analysis is an indispensable guide to management ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
United Nations Intellectual History Project Series
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221971
SKU
V9780253221971
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99-50

About Nico Schrijver
Nico Schrijver holds the Chair of International Law and is Academic Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University. He is author of The Evolution of Sustainable Development in International Law: Inception, Meaning, and Status and Sovereignty over Natural Resources: Balancing Rights and Duties.

Reviews for Development without Destruction
'[T]his book is about the United Nations and global resources management, in particular the maintenance of the natural adaptability of ecosystems and the sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind.'August 2013
Netherlands Intnl Law Review

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