- Title Pages
- Preface
- Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments
- Table of National Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Definition and Valuation of Environmental Harm: An Overview
- 2 Reparation for Environmental Damage in International Law: Some Preliminary Problems
- 3 The Economic Value of Environmental Damage
- 4 Biodiversity, Intrinsic Value, and the Definition and Valuation of Environmental Harm
- 5 Environmental Damage and Genetically Modified Organisms
- 6 Indigenous Peoples' Subsistence Lifestyle as an Environmental Valuation Problem
- 7 Environmental Damage in the Practice of the UN Compensation Commission
- 8 Environmental Damage and Environmental Impact Assessment
- 9 The Concept of Environmental Damage in International Liability Regimes
- 10 The Relationship between Environmental Damage and Pollution: Marine Oil Pollution Laws in Malaysia and Singapore
- 11 Environmental Damages in the Common Law: An Overview
- 12 Environmental Damage in the Legal Systems of the Nordic Countries and Germany
- 13 Civil Law Approaches to Evaluation of Environmental Damage: Poland
- 14 Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage: The Contribution of the Scottish Legal System
- 15 The Approach of Mixed Legal Systems: The Case of Mauritius
- 16 Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage in Turkey
- 17 Environmental Damage Evaluation in Brazil
- 18 Caribbean Environmental Damage and Valuation
- 19 The EC White Paper on Environmental Liability and the Recovery of Damages for Injury to Public Natural Resources
- Index
Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage in Turkey
Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage in Turkey
- Chapter:
- (p.280) (p.281) 16 Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage in Turkey
- Source:
- Environmental Damage in International and Comparative Law
- Author(s):
Nükhet Turgut
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter analyzes some key issues of environmental damage. It first examines the main provisions of the Environment Act of 1983 by comparing it with the conventional rules of tort law. It highlights the commitments in the face of international conventions which Turkey has signed and/or ratified. Finally, the chapter evaluates the shortcomings, ongoing developments, and future expectations with regard to the definition of and liability for environmental damage.
Keywords: environmental damage, liability, Environmental Act, tort law, Turkey
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Contributors
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments
- Table of National Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Definition and Valuation of Environmental Harm: An Overview
- 2 Reparation for Environmental Damage in International Law: Some Preliminary Problems
- 3 The Economic Value of Environmental Damage
- 4 Biodiversity, Intrinsic Value, and the Definition and Valuation of Environmental Harm
- 5 Environmental Damage and Genetically Modified Organisms
- 6 Indigenous Peoples' Subsistence Lifestyle as an Environmental Valuation Problem
- 7 Environmental Damage in the Practice of the UN Compensation Commission
- 8 Environmental Damage and Environmental Impact Assessment
- 9 The Concept of Environmental Damage in International Liability Regimes
- 10 The Relationship between Environmental Damage and Pollution: Marine Oil Pollution Laws in Malaysia and Singapore
- 11 Environmental Damages in the Common Law: An Overview
- 12 Environmental Damage in the Legal Systems of the Nordic Countries and Germany
- 13 Civil Law Approaches to Evaluation of Environmental Damage: Poland
- 14 Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage: The Contribution of the Scottish Legal System
- 15 The Approach of Mixed Legal Systems: The Case of Mauritius
- 16 Definition and Valuation of Environmental Damage in Turkey
- 17 Environmental Damage Evaluation in Brazil
- 18 Caribbean Environmental Damage and Valuation
- 19 The EC White Paper on Environmental Liability and the Recovery of Damages for Injury to Public Natural Resources
- Index
