This book seeks answers in a field where the Church, as an institution and owner, intersects with the environment and the city as legal, social, spiritual, environmental, and urban planning realities.

Through an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the author examines:

• The legal nature and special regulations governing church properties.
• Environmental licensing requirements for religious projects: what is needed in Natura, in EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), and in special regimes.
• Urban land uses related to churches, cemeteries, and monasteries.
• The protection of cultural and religious heritage.
• The case law of the Council of State and the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Church's rights on environmental and urban planning issues, for churches, monuments, cemeteries, and church property.

This work constitutes a comprehensive guide for legal professionals, engineers, architects, public administration officials, and institutional representatives of the Church, while also offering a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between religion, law, and sustainable development.

A landmark book for the legal approach to religious presence in the modern space. The first comprehensive study of Ecclesiastical Urban Planning and Environmental Law, including:

• Full analysis of restrictions, building terms, and special regimes (Mount Athos, metochia, monastic forests)—what engineers and legal professionals need to know.
• Practical solutions for studies & projects—practical guidance for cases & opinions.
• Applied examples, conflicts, and collaborations between the Church and the State.
• Q&A with real issues from studies, licensing, and urban conflicts.
• Fundamental regulations for monuments, churches, monasteries & cemeteries—with full judicial support.
• Environmental responsibility, licenses, EIA, protected areas—with detailed analysis of current legislation.