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University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Environmental Protection and Developmental Interests: A Case Study of the River Yamuna and the Commonwealth Games, Delhi, 2010
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.