| Description |
viii, 484 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Defense of Earth in a Changing World: An Introduction -- 1. Comprehending the Environment -- 2. Growth of International Concern -- 3. The Road to Stockholm -- 4. The Stockholm Conference -- 5. Post-Stockholm Assessment -- 6. Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21 -- 7. International Structures for Environmental Policy -- 8. Transnational Regimes and Regional Agreements -- 9. International Commons: Air, Sea, Outer Space -- 10. Sustainability: Population, Resources, Development -- 11. Enhancing the Quality of Life: Natural and Cultural Environments -- 12. Strategies for Global Environmental Protection -- 13. A Changing World Order: Into the Twenty-First Century -- App. A. Abbreviations -- App. B. Representative Listing of International Organizations and Programs -- App. C. Events of Significance for Protection of the Biosphere, 1945-1995 -- App. D. Selected Treaties of Environmental Significance, 1946-1995 -- App. E. Environmental Soft Law: Declarations, Resolutions, Recommendations, Principles |
| Analysis |
International cooperation |
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International law |
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Natural resource management |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Previous ed. has subtitle: Emergency and dimensions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-468) and indexes |
| Subject |
Environmental law, International.
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Environmental policy.
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| Author |
Weiland, Paul Stanley.
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| LC no. |
96020958 |
| ISBN |
082231861X (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0822318660 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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