The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives

CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10
TABLES......Page 12
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 18
FOREWORD......Page 20
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
PART i GENERAL PRINCIPLES......Page 32
INTRODUCTION......Page 34
THE ENVIRONMENT IN WARTIME:AN OVERVIEW......Page 37
PART ii THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK......Page 58
INTRODUCTION......Page 60
THE LAW OF WAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE......Page 68
WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FAULTLINES IN THE PRESCRIPTIVE LANDSCAPE......Page 108
THE INADEQUACY OF THE EXISTING LEGAL APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN WARTIME......Page 158
UNITED STATES NAVY DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL-ENVIRONMENTAL DOCTRINE......Page 177
IN FURTHERANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES FOR ARMED FORCES DURING PEACE AND WAR......Page 192
INTRODUCTION......Page 204
PEACETIME ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AS ABASIS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY WAR......Page 211
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES UNDER THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION......Page 247
THE PLACE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ININTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS......Page 271
CIVIL LIABILITY FOR WAR-CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE: MODELS FROM UNITED STATES LAW......Page 285
PART iii ASSESSING THE IMPACTS -SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND ISSUES......Page 316
INTRODUCTION......Page 318
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF WAR......Page 324
THE GULF WAR IMPACT ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT OF KUWAIT: AN OVERVIEW......Page 337
WAR-RELATED DAMAGE TO THEMARINE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ROPME SEA AREA......Page 359
WAR AND BIODIVERSITY: AN ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS......Page 374
INTRODUCTION......Page 400
TRACKING THE FOUR HORSEMEN: THE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO THE IMPACT OF WAR AND WAR-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY......Page 405
DEFOLIANTS: THE LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPLICATIONS......Page 423
THE IMPACT OF MILITARY PREPAREDNESS AND MILITARISM ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 447
WAR AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ARMED CONFLICT......Page 465
PART iv VALUING THE IMPACTS -ECONOMIC METHODS AND ISSUES......Page 488
INTRODUCTION......Page 490
RESTORATION-BASED APPROACHES TOCOMPENSATION FOR NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES: MOVING TOWARDS CONVERGENCE IN US AND INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 498
VALUING PUBLIC HEALTH DAMAGES ARISING FROM WAR......Page 522
VALUING THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF WAR......Page 551
PART v PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE......Page 578
INTRODUCTION......Page 580
PROTECTING SPECIALLY IMPORTANT AREAS DURING INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT: ACRITIQUE OF THE IUCN DRAFT CONVENTION ONTHE PROHIBITION OF HOSTILE MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS......Page 588
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: A VERIFICATION AND ENFORCEMENT MODEL FOR DETERMINING LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM CAUSED BY WAR......Page 600
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR DETERMINING LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW......Page 623
WAGING WAR AGAINST THE WORLD: THE NEED TO MOVE FROM WAR CRIMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES......Page 641
EPILOGUE......Page 668
INDEX......Page 686