Public participation, Good Environmental Governance and fulfilment of Environmental rights

The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge and Good Governance to Ensuring Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessments

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process by which the benefits of development are weighed against its environmental costs. Since indigenous communities are the principal environmental stewards of their land, it is imperative that they are consulted and play an active part in the EIA process. Their input can help to correct a scientific analysis that “misrepresents the local context...

Environmental Protection, Public Health and Human Rights

The impact of good governance on environmental pollution in South West Asian Countries

Over the past few decades, good governance has become an important issue in public administration. One key reason behind this reality is the paramount role of government in promoting sustainable development and protecting the environment. Therefore, evaluating the impact of good governance on the quality of the environment could be taken into consideration by both economic researchers and polic...

Public Participation in China’s Environmental Protection

Generally, evolution of instruments on environmental policy went through three phases, they are; (1) 1970’s,Command and Control Policy, (2) 1980’s,Market-based Policy, and (3) 1990’s, Information Disclosure, Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism. According to the World Bank, the classification of environmental policies is expressed by four types, direct regulation, market-based measures, market cr...

Role of environmental rights in the urban design of public places

In the current period, followed by the industrial revolution, the damaging effects of the one-dimensional attitude towards the environment caused by human have had countless hazards. To cope with these risks, the respect and protection of environmental values has attracted today's urban human attention once again and the issues about the human right to a decent, safe and healthy environment whi...