Development without destruction: the UN and global resource management
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Main Author: Schrijver, Nico 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press © 2010
Series:United Nations intellectual history project (Series)
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction - Concepts and principles -- - Historical background : formative phases of international organization during the pre-UN period -- - UN involvement with natural resource management at the national and transboundary levels -- - Management of the global commons -- - The international architecture for environmental governanace and global resource management -- - Natural resoures and armed conflict -- - The role of the International Court of Justice in the settlement of natural resource disputes -- - The UN's conceptual contribution : conclusions and challenges
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 302 pages)
ISBN:025300456X
9780253004567