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University of Northumbria at Newcastle

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Output 16 of 58 in the submission

Article title

Environmental Protection and Developmental Interests: A Case Study of the River Yamuna and the Commonwealth Games, Delhi, 2010

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

Title of journal

International Journal of Law in the Built Environment

Article number

n/a

Volume number

Issue number

1/2

First page of article

ISSN of journal

1756-1450

Year of publication

2013

URL

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1756-1450

Number of additional authors

Additional information

The paper provides a unique case study of a global challenge:the relationship between commercial development and the protection of eco-fragile systems particularly where river water is involved.It reviews and critiques the legal and political processes that underpinned the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi,India and the building of the accommodation village on the floodplain of the river Yamuna.The article traces the history of the legal actions and the inter-related involvement of the various actors being the politicians,construction developers,the river bank dwellers and the local environmentalists.The research was also promulgated in an invited staff seminar paper at UCL, Law faculty.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract