Research Handbook on Environmental Regulation

This book provides a timely and comprehensive analysis of how regulation can be leveraged to address worsening environmental harm, particularly in key areas such as water pollution and deforestation.

Leading scholars outline the theoretical underpinnings of regulation and their practical applications, demonstrating how regulation manifests across various environmental domains and within social and policy contexts. The book provides crucial insights into the intensifying global environmental crises, examining the regulation of issues such as air, land, plastic and microplastic waste pollution. Chapters explore challenges and successes in the field, covering key topics including responsive and risk-based regulation, environmental permitting, water law and governance, market mechanisms and capacity-building in international climate law.

The Research Handbook on Environmental Regulation is an essential read for scholars and students of environmental law, political science, business, geography and climate studies. It is also beneficial for national and international government agencies looking to tackle the current climate crisis.

Edited by David Williamson, Professor Emeritus, University of Staffordshire and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Law Department, University of Manchester, Gary Lynch-Wood, Senior Lecturer, Law Department, University of Manchester, UK and the City University of Hong Kong and Agne Prochorskaite, Independent Researcher