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  • Land Use and the States

    Series series RFF Natural Resource Management Set
    An enlarged and revised book which looks at some programs of state land use control. Focusing on the problems that have caused the public to demand such controls, on the variety of legislative responses, and on the problems of implementation that arise, this study presents a rationale for the role of the state government in the land use field.Originally published in 1979 ... Leer más

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    Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925

    Series series Law and Society
    Landing Native Fisheries reveals the contradictions and consequences of an Indian land policy premised on access to fish, on one hand, and a program of fisheries management intended to open the resource to newcomers, on the other. Beginning with the first treaties signed on Vancouver Island between 1850 and 1854, Douglas Harris maps the connections between the colonial land policy and the law ... Leer más

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  • The Challenge of Rural Electrification

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    Douglas Barnes and his team of development experts provide an essential guide that can help improve the quality of life to the estimated 1.6 billion rural people in the world who are without electricity. The difficulties in bringing electricity to rural areas are formidable: Low population densities result in high capital and operating costs. Consumers are often poor, and their electricity ... Leer más

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  • Infrastructure

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    Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whether and how to protect our natural environment, energy policy, even patent law reform, universal health care, network neutrality regulation and the future of the Internet. Each of these involves a battle to control infrastructure resources, to establish ... Leer más

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  • Claims against Iraqi Oil and Gas

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  • Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy

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  • Balancing Water for Humans and Nature

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  • Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa

    The Tragedy of Endowment

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    Conflict over natural resources has made Africa the focus of international attention, particularly during the last decade. From oil in Nigeria and diamonds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to land in Zimbabwe and water in theHorn of Africa, the politics surrounding ownership, management, and control of natural resources has disrupted communities and increased external intervention in these ... Leer más

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  • Regulating Shale Gas

    The Challenge of Coherent Environmental and Energy Regulation

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    Series series Leuven Global Governance series
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