Sharing the Costs and Benefits of Energy and Resource Activity - Legal Change and Impact on Communities (Hardcover)

A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them. Any energy or resource project - a mine, a wind farm, a dam for hydroelectricity, or a shale gas development - will involve a mix of impacts and benefits for communities. For many years, the law has mediated impacts on communities and provided for the distribution of financial benefits. Now, there is growing awareness of the need to consider not only a wider range of costs and benefits for communities from energy and resource projects, but also the effects on communities at multiple scales and in complex ways. Sharing the costs and benefits of natural resource activity has now become a legal requirement for energy and resource projects operating in many jurisdictions, particularly in developing countries. This book uses cases studies from across the globe to examine the emergence of such legal measures, their advantages and disadvantages, and the improvements that may be feasible in the legal frameworks used to distribute the costs and benefits of energy and resources activity. The book has three parts: Part I considers general legal and conceptual frameworks; Part II addresses the mechanisms available to distribute costs and benefits; and Part III considers the role of public engagement and participation in the sharing of the costs and benefits from energy and resource projects.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2016
Editors:	Lila Barrera-Hernandez • Barry Barton • Lee Godden • Alastair Lucas • Anita Ronne
Dimensions:	241 x 164 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-876795-4
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law Promotions
LSN:	0-19-876795-1
Barcode:	9780198767954

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