This chapter explores the economic effects of long-term droughts on agriculture and urban water supply sectors in Chile, with a particular focus on the ongoing megadrought that started in 2010. Using…

While the body of environmental governance research (EGR) continues to grow, it does not appear to become more coherent or cumulable. A lack of knowledge cumulation—defined as the systematic building...

Aquaculture’s vulnerability to climate change demands urgent, practical adaptation strategies. Strengthening the sector’s resilience requires coordinated efforts across multiple levels, from farms and…

Aquaculture’s vulnerability to climate change demands urgent, practical adaptation strategies. Strengthening the sector’s resilience requires coordinated efforts across multiple levels, from farms and…

Abstract Emissions pricing is a regulatory instrument that imposes a cost on emissions that are harmful to the natural environmental and humans. It is a flexible instrument in that it allows agents…

Abstract From creation, man has enjoyed the environment and its resources in its unadulterated and unaltered state. Since the environment was just a creation of nature in the beginning and before…

Abstract Land is scarce, limited in supply and relatively fixed in quantity, and in the face of unbridled population growth, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, land is readily depleted. To…

Abstract Waste is a significant environmental issue on a global scale, and it is closely related to human growth on all fronts, socially, economically, and technologically. The composition of various…

Abstract Environmental pollution by its very nature causes extensive damage to the environment, human lives and property. The aim of environmental law is to prevent damage, protect and preserve the…