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The Science and Politics of Extractive Industries in the Ocean and Beyond
Minerals Under Water
Edited by Pradeep A. Singh
This edited volume provides extensive coverage of the extraction of underwater minerals, ranging from lakes, rivers, continental shelves of coastal states, and the deep ocean. The volume features interdisciplinary contributions on topics relating to the science, environment, technology, politics, and law and governance of underwater mining.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839984419
December 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This edited volume provides extensive coverage of the extraction of underwater minerals, ranging from lakes, rivers, continental shelves of coastal states, and the deep ocean. The volume features interdisciplinary contributions on topics relating to the science, environment, technology, politics, and law and governance of underwater mining.
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The Power of Constitutional Rights in Resource Conflicts
Water, Oil and Gold
Asmaa Khadim
This book considers the value of constitutional environmental rights in protecting water resources through an examination of the legal strategies utilized by communities engaged in protracted mining conflicts, including oil sands development in the Canadian boreal forest and gold mining in ecologically sensitive, glacier-rich areas of Argentina.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839989544
September 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This book considers the value of constitutional environmental rights in protecting water resources through an examination of the legal strategies utilized by communities engaged in protracted mining conflicts, including oil sands development in the Canadian boreal forest and gold mining in ecologically sensitive, glacier-rich areas of Argentina.
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Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining
Strangers, Aliens, Spirits
Fenda Akiwumi
This book argues that mining area conflicts of Sub-Saharan African countries, like Sierra Leone, and their impacts on mineral development and policy stem from cultural differences in land governance. Extractive industries operating under state laws, which have roots in colonial policies, clash with customary land governance system through landlord-stranger relations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839988097
August 2022
Active
£110.00 / $110.00This book argues that mining area conflicts of Sub-Saharan African countries, like Sierra Leone, and their impacts on mineral development and policy stem from cultural differences in land governance. Extractive industries operating under state laws, which have roots in colonial policies, clash with customary land governance system through landlord-stranger relations.
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Polar Shift: The Arctic Sustained
Joseph F. C. DiMento
Polar Shift addresses how to sustain the Arctic's richness, beauty, and local and global value. It describes programs specifically created to protect this region and presents competing ideas of how it can be improved with specific recommendations
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839983283
May 2022
Active
£34.95 / $34.95Polar Shift addresses how to sustain the Arctic’s richness, beauty, and local and global value. It describes programs specifically created to protect this region and presents competing ideas of how it can be improved with specific recommendations
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Land and Agrarian Transformation in Zimbabwe
Rethinking Rural Livelihoods in the Aftermath of the Land Reforms
Grasian Mkodzongi
This book explores the outcomes of Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform implemented in 2000. The book pays particular attention to changing livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s countryside occasioned by the land reform.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785274152
June 2020
Active
£125.00 / $125.00This book explores the outcomes of Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform implemented in 2000. The book pays particular attention to changing livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s countryside occasioned by the land reform.
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Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance
Expert Institutions and the Implementation of International Environmental Treaties
Pia M. Kohler
“Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance” examines expert committees advising multilateral environmental agreements on ozone layer depletion, persistent organic pollutants and land degradation. This work argues the co-production arising in these committees warrants recognizing their contribution to an emerging global environmental constitutionalism.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785271465
November 2019
Active
£125.00 / $125.00“Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance” examines expert committees advising multilateral environmental agreements on ozone layer depletion, persistent organic pollutants and land degradation. This work argues the co-production arising in these committees warrants recognizing their contribution to an emerging global environmental constitutionalism.