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Waste law and policy perspectives on municipal "land-fill to gas" CDM projects in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Landfilling has a negative impact inter alia on the environment. Landfill gas is for example released into the atmosphere. The waste sector releases high amounts of GHG concentrations (methane gas), proving that it has ...
The impartial and independent composition of the international arbitral tribunal : a critical survey
(North-West University, 2006)
Globally the resolution of disputes is known for expensive costs and lengthy periods of
time before a court reaches a decision. This position becomes even more complex where a person has to resort to a foreign country ...
Legal perspectives on the function of public- private partnerships in local disaster management in South Africa
(2014)
It is anticipated that the occurrence and intensity of disasters will increase globally and in South Africa where typical disasters include droughts, floods, extreme hailstorms, gales, structural fires, as well as earthquakes ...
The realisation of the constitutional water right in South African cities through intelligent water management technologies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The human right to water is fundamental to the realisation of various interdependent human rights, such as the right to health, life, equality, and human dignity. In particular, efficient water service delivery may be ...
Municipal Courts and environmental justice in South African local government
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Environmental injustice is part and parcel of the fundamentals of international and domestic environmental law. In South Africa, section 2(4)(c) of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) establishes ...
Municipal planning law and policy for sustainable cities in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
Cities have long been the pioneers of and driving force behind the development and evolution of human societies. The significance of cities as drivers of the sustainable development agenda received its strongest recognition ...
The legal framework for environmental auditing in the public sector in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Environmental auditing allows an entity to demonstrate concern for environmental matters and principles and to improve its compliance with environmental laws, regulations, policies etcetera. Environmental auditing may also ...
Environmental law perspectives on the regulation of ecotourism in South Africa's transition to a green economy
(2013)
South Africa and the rest of the world currently face an exacerbating threat of environmental degradation, which can be partly ascribed to the fact that some parts of society still place economic growth as a priority over ...
Legal perspectives on the prevention and minimisation of corruption for sustainability in South African municipalities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The premise of the study is that the legal imperative for developmental local government in South Africa depends on local sustainability. The study argues that public sector corruption is an impediment to local sustainability. ...
Hydraulic fracturing and procedural environmental rights in South Africa
(North-West University, 2019)
Hydraulic fracturing, the process which facilitates the extraction of shale gas from rock formation from depths of up to two miles below the earth's surface, has the potential to adversely impact environmental and the other ...