Offering an approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such an absence within a system of law and a system of geography.

Offering a novel, transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such an absence within a system of law and a system of geography which effectively remain closed to environmental considerations.

Without being legalistic (surely praise indeed for a work such as this), this book is a highly analytical, novel, poetic and multi-layered work about law, environment and ecology, as well as systems theory, and is enticing from its opening, which is entitled 'Closing'. It is a clever book (though not self consciously so) and provides a deep, stimulating and rewarding read, albeit one requiring some perseverance. A final point is that it caters for and deserves a readership from a range of disciplines as well as levels of expertise. - Jane Holder, Journal of Environmental Law, Vol 20, No 3 (2008)