Routledge Handbook on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in South Asia

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-27474-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book examines environmental law and sustainable development in South Asia with a focus on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It also explores regional and cross-cutting issues through the frameworks of sustainable development, environmental rights and environmental justice, and interviews with pioneers in the field discussed through a “scholactivist” lens.

The first volume to look at environmental and cross-cutting issues regionally, the handbook brings together scholars and practitioners from across South Asia and highlights the paradox of expanding environmental regulation alongside continuing environmental decline, offering both constructive critique and grounded insight into the region’s evolving institutional, judicial, and legal landscape. It sheds light on the remarkable environmental jurisprudence in the region. In addition to providing a grounded, practical account and a glimpse into the paradox of environmental law in the region, the handbook suggests topics for future research.

The handbook will appeal to students, practitioners and scholars alike and will be particularly useful for those who are working on environmental law, sustainability, political science, international law, international relations, constitutional law, South Asian studies, and environmental studies

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Atapattu, Sumudu

Farid, Cynthia

Natarajan, Usha

Puvimanasinghe, Shyami

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in South Asia: Frameworks and Intersections Part 1: Country Profiles 2. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Afghanistan 3. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh 4. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Bhutan 5. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in India 6. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in the Maldives 7. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Nepal 8. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Pakistan 9. Environmental Law and Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka Part 2: History, Frameworks and Agendas 10. Ecologies of Empire: The Environmental Legal History of British India and Ceylon 11. Constitutionalism, Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Rights 12. Women and Ecocide Law: Consequences and Pathways to Justice 13. Sustainable Development Goals Part 3: Regional Challenges, Marginalized Communities and Responses 14. Climate Change Through a Lens of Equity and Justice 15. Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources 16. At the Crossroads of Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality: Reflections on Gender-Based Violence 17. Regional Cooperation 18. Access to Freshwater and Human Rights 19. Energy and Renewables Part 4: Globalization, Business, and Trade 20. Globalization and International Trade 21. Climate Finance 22. Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge: New Challenges for the Environmental Protection Regime Part 5: Bridging Scholarship With Practice 23. Environmental Activism and Democratic Ecological Governance 24. Lessons From the Ground Up and Future Directions: Sustainability, Environmental Justice and Environmental Rights

Über Autor(innen)

Sumudu Atapattu is Teaching Professor, Director, Global Legal Studies Center, Executive Director, Human Rights Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA & Lead Counsel, Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)

Cynthia Farid is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and an affiliated researcher, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Center for Asian Studies in Africa (CASA), the University of Pretoria, South Africa

Usha Natarajan is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law and SALISES Honorary Research Fellow, University of the West Indies

Shyami Puvimanasinghe is a Human Rights Officer, Right to Development Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.