The notion that the legal content of a jurisdiction is shaped and conditioned by the societal conditions of that jurisdiction finds special expression in Singapore tort law. Land is scarce in Singapore and this scarcity has three varying implications: (a) a high cost of housing, (b) a high building density, and (c) a high population density. Each aspect of the land scarcity problem has in turn led to responses from the Singapore courts in the area of tort law.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationMarch, 2009Singapore
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Library ResourceRegulationsMarch, 2009Vietnam
This Decree provides for the integrated management of natural resources and environmental protection in coastal areas, sea areas and islands of Viet Nam.The Decree aims at: ensuring unified, interdisciplinary and interregional management in the exploitation and use of natural resources; combining socio-economic development with environmental protection, ensuring safety at sea; preventing, stopping and mitigating pollution and remedying degradation of the environment of the sea and islands; protecting and developing ecosystems of the sea and islands for sustainable development; observing mar
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Library ResourceLegislationMarch, 2009Republic of Korea
The purpose of this Act is to prescribe necessary matters concerning the efficient preservation, use, and development of coasts, thereby contributing to enhancing the preservation of the coastal environment, facilitating the sustainable development of coasts, and creating pleasant and affluent coasts as the basis for people's lives. In particular, the State and local governments shall formulate policies necessary to preserve, use and develop coasts in a sustainable manner.
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Library ResourceRegulationsMarch, 2009China
The purpose of these Measures is to strengthen the management of land planning, effectively protect and rationally develop and utilize land resources, promote the coordinated development of economy, society and population, resources and environment. The Measures consist of 32 Articles.The provincial government shall organize relevant departments to develop comprehensive land planning, special land planning and specific regional land planning.
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Library ResourceAgreements & ContractsMarch, 2009Cambodia
This is a Concession Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Other crops as the primary resource(s)
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Library ResourceAgreements & ContractsMarch, 2009Cambodia
This is a Document Summary posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Other crops as the primary resource(s)
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2009India, Asia
CGIAR-CPWF Project “International Training and Research Program on
Groundwater Governance in Asia: Theory and Practice” was designed and
implemented by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to address the
deficiencies in human capacity of managing groundwater in the two large basins of
the world- the Indus-Gangetic basin and the Yellow River basin. The basic premise of
the project was that proper groundwater management needs to be built on informed
knowledge of professionals from the region, with emphasis on inter-disciplinary
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Experiences from Common Land Development in the States of Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh in India
Reports & ResearchMarch, 2009IndiaThis study was commissioned by the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), a joint nitiative of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
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