International Journal of Law in the Built Environment: Volume 6 Issue 1/2

Evidence of green leases in England and Wales

– This paper aims to report on research that investigates the use of green clauses in leases of office and retail premises in England and Wales.

Common law environmental protection: the future of private nuisance, Part I

This article aims to assess the role of private nuisance as a common law tool for environmental protection, independent of the wider regulatory controls. It evaluates specific…

The contaminated land regime: time for a regime that is fit for purpose (Part 1)

The purpose of this article is to examine the regime to remediate contaminated land in the UK set out in Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and to analyse the UK…

Environmental protection and developmental interests: A case study of the River Yamuna and the Commonwealth Games, Delhi, 2010

The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of a global challenge: the relationship between commercial development and the protection of eco-fragile systems particularly…

Amenity enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Australian suburbia: Moving towards maintaining indigenous plants on private residential land

The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the historical background and current approach of the most common statutory instrument to maintain green landscapes in private…

Common law environmental protection: the future of private nuisance, Part II

This article continues to assess the role of private nuisance as a common law tool for environmental protection, independent of the wider regulatory controls. It evaluates the…

The contaminated land regime: time for a regime that is fit for purpose (Part 2)

The purpose of the article is to show that the liability system established by Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is unfit for purpose because its mixture of joint…

Growing houses and trees: integrating biodiversity conservation and urbanisation: An Australian case study

The purpose of this paper is to examine the framework, operation and prospects of two innovative planning tools – biobanking and biodiversity certification – to protect…

Revisiting the ideologies of planning law: Private property, public interest and public participation in the legal framework of England and Wales

The aim of the research is to examine the legal ideologies of planning law proposed by Patrick McAuslan in 1980 and their operation in one key aspect of modern-day planning law in…

Integrated air quality and land use planning in The Netherlands

– This paper aims to review the rescaling of integrated planning policies for the built environment by the transposition of European directives on air quality in The Netherlands.

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