Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction
eBook - PDF

Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction

A guide for construction, engineering and architecture professionals

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction

A guide for construction, engineering and architecture professionals

About this book

Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction gives a practical overview of key areas of environmental law as it affects the construction sector. Clearly structured for ease of reference, the book provides coverage of core areas in a format that will help professionals and organisations to manage?compliance?issues relating to?environmental law. It will also support the improvement of environmental protection and sustainable development.

Coverage in the book includes:

  • key areas of environmental regulation, including environmental impact and habitat assessments, climate change law, contaminated and brownfield land, waste management and water pollution
  • an overview of the UK planning process, and environmental regulators and their powers
  • environmental requirements on construction sites, and environment-related insurance matters
  • proactive project checklists to facilitate compliance.

Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction is suitable for a broad range of practitioners in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry who require a clear introduction and reference to help navigate the complexity in this area of law.

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Yes, you can access Environmental Law for Sustainable Construction by Francine Baker,Jennifer Charlson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Construction Law. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780727766458
eBook ISBN
9780727766465
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. About the Authors
  6. Glossary
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: The UK environmental legal framework, regulators and advisers
  9. Chapter 2: Planning and environmental permits
  10. Chapter 3: Environmental impact and habitat assessments
  11. Chapter 4: Contaminated and brownfield land
  12. Chapter 5: Waste management
  13. Chapter 6: Water pollution
  14. Chapter 7: Site hazards and nuisances
  15. Chapter 8: Insurance
  16. Chapter 9: Proactive project planning
  17. Table of legal sources
  18. Index