Developing an Appropriate Contaminated Land Regime in China Lessons Learned from the US and UK /

• Main Author: Zhao, Xiaobo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Ecotoxicology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Environmental pollution.; International Environmental Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Like all industrialized countries, China has encountered increasing problems with land contamination in recent years. Abandoned mining and manufacturing sites and obsolete industrial complexes, while also creating new polluting industrial enterprises, represent impending environmental threats. More...