Fuggle & Rabie’s Environmental Management in South Africa

Product Details:
Author(s):
King, ND ,
Retief, F P and
Strydom, H A
Year Published:
2018
Edition
3rd Edition
Type:
Print | Hard Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
This unique seminal work is the only book which comprehensively addresses current environmental management in South Africa from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The third edition of Fuggle & Rabie’s Environmental Management in South Africa sheds light on the legal frameworks in regional and international environmental law, administrative law and the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).
Key Benefits
 
Environmental themes cover both science and the law
Environmental law is dealt with from administrative law, domestic, regional and international perspectives
Includes new chapters on social dimensions, local government, and international financial institutions
Written in a non-technical lucid style making this book ideal for the interested layperson as well as those directly involved in environmental management in South Africa
Key themes addressed in environmental management, including agriculture and soils, air quality, biodiversity, climate change, energy, the coast, economics, trade and the role of financial institutions (among others), are covered from both scientific and legal perspectives.
Content
Environmental management and environmental law in South Africa – J Nel & R Alberts
Essentialia of international environmental law – H Strydom
SADC environmental law – W Lubbe
National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) – M Oosthuizen, M van der Linde & E Basson
Administrative law and implementation of environmental law – M Kidd
Local government and the pursuit of urban sustainability in South Africa – A du Plessis
Soil, land management and agriculture – T Meyer, E Verster, A Hattingh, N Olivier, W du Plessis & T Snow
Water resources in South Africa – V Wepener, W Malherbe & N Smit
Air quality – O Rumble, A Gilder, L Burger, G Kornelius & H Liebenberg-Enslin
Energy – H Strydom & E Cairncross
Biological diversity – A Patterson
Marine Environments, Oceans Law and Governance – B MacLean & J Glazewski
The coast – C Cullinan, M Groenink & Bruce Glavovic
Climate change – A Gilder & E Swanepoel
Environmental and resource economics – J Turpie
Trade and the environment – L Feris & V Bondi 
Terrestrial and deep seabed mining – I Watson, T Humby, M Hermanus & S Moodliar
The safeguard policies of international financial institutions – R Fuggle
Water quality management – M Kidd, R Alberts & C Bosman
Integrated waste management – R Alberts, C Roos & C Bosman
Protected areas – H Strydom & N King
The law on planning and the environment – J van Wyk
The social dimension of environmental management – I Aucamp, N King & F Retief
Integrated environmental assessment and management – M Kidd, F Retief & R Albert
Interest / Benefit to
Conservation agencies
Environmental consultants
Environmental lawyers
Environmental NGOs
Impact assessors
National, provincial and local government departments dealing with environmental management
Students of environmental law