Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales

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This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date text on environmental and planning law in New South Wales. It includes detailed analysis of the relevant Commonwealth law.

Authored by leading academics, it provides original commentary and case analysis which takes account of international as well as national developments. It also discusses different approaches to environmental regulation including the use of market forces, and explains the policy background to legislative provisions.

Coverage includes:

  • development control
  • planning
  • environmental assessment
  • energy law and global climate change
  • water
  • integrated natural resource management
  • conserving biodiversity
  • protected areas
  • heritage
  • pollution
  • waste, chemicals, contaminated land and dangerous goods
  • corporate social responsibility