Risk, resilience, inequality and environmental law / edited by Bridget M. Hutter

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-280) and index.

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Risk, resilience and inequality : current dilemmas in environmental regulation/ Bridget M. Hutter -- Part II: A changing environmental landscape -- 2. Risk, resilience and environmental regulation : using law to build resilience to climate change impacts / Jan McDonald -- 3. Resilience in environmental law : epistemic limitations and the role of participation / Ole W. Pedersen -- Part III: Inequality: the social and economic consequences of environmental law -- 4. Climate change, resilience, and the generation of risk-classes / Dean Curran -- 5. Transformative biodiversity law and 2030 Agenda : mainstreaming biodiversity and justice through human rights / Claudia Ituarte-Lima -- 6. Inequalities in environmental risks and resilience within urban populations in low and middle income nations / David Satterthwaite -- Part IV: Governance -- 7. New environmental governance : adaptation, resilience and law / Cameron Holley and Ekaterina Sefranova -- 8. Science and the law : how will developments in attribution science affect how the law addresses compensation for climate change effects? / Lindene Patton and Felicia H. Barnes. -- 9. Dialogue strategies for socio-ecological resilience and sustainability in China / Hua Wang. -- 10. Environmental risks and authoritarian resilience in China / Thomas Johnson -- Part V: Conclusion -- 11. Risk, resilience, Inequality and environmental law : prospects and obstacles / Bridget M. Hutter.

"The environmental challenges of the twenty-first century have raised profound questions regarding the suitability of environmental law to manage the many complex issues at hand. This...book considers how the law has adapted to address these challenges and considers the ways in which it might be used to cope with environmental risks and uncertainties, whilst also promoting resilience and greater equality. The book uses a multi-disciplinary approach to address the compatibility of law with the notions of risk and resilience, it scrutinises how capable these approaches are to effect equitable solutions to environmental risks, and it raises important questions about multi-level and participatory governance. Key chapters examine a variety of global experiments in countries such as China and countries in Latin America, to generate further governance of the environment, improve the available legal tools and give a voice to more diverse groups."-- Back cover.