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by Čedo Maksimović, Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this book identifies and addresses a critical problem: water. The editors show how cities can shift from being water...
Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction
Ecological Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
In the past, the science of ecology has frequently been excluded from the development agenda for various reasons. Increasingly however there has been a renewed interest in finding more ecologically sustainable means of development that have required a strong foundation in ecological knowledge (for...
Responsible Care
A New Strategy for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction Through Environment Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Environmental regulations provide protection to the public, workers and the environment. To protect themselves
from long-term liabilities, however, companies have to do more than just comply with the basic responsibilities.
This handbook is designed to introduce terminology, methodology, tools, procedures...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
This volume is an interdisciplinary mix of perspectives and studies on social issues in fisheries from a diverse range of case studies and research disciplines. The case is made regarding the dearth of attention to socio-cultural considerations which to date have been largely treated as an externality...
Environmental Protection
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Although climate change and pollution make near-daily appearances in the news, humans have not always recognized that the environment needs to be protected. Only after the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 did environmental protection became a political and social priority. In Environmental...
by Maria Laura Scaduto
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This book aims to stimulate new thinking on the roles of river contracts in the protection and management of hydrographic resources and ecosystems and in the sustainable development of dependent territories and communities. Up-to-date information is provided on a range of topics relating to river...
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts
Report for the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Climate Change and the Pacific Islands was developed by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, a collaborative effort engaging federal, state, and local government agencies,...
Environmental Management Systems Handbook for Refineries
Polution Prevention Through ISO 14001
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).The
author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Europe, Russia
and the Middle East, provides a detailed explanation of what an EMS is and how it can benefit...
Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration
Bringing in the Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The contributors present empirical and theoretical insights on current debates on environmental change, adaptation and migration. While focusing on countries subject to environmental degradation, it calls for a regional perspective that recognises local actors and a systematic link between development studies and migration research.
Environmental Populism
The Politics of Survival in the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
This book evaluates climate change and populism, two ideas that do not generally go together. The author argues that perhaps they should if policymakers are to be galvanized into action before it is too late. Although populism is usually associated with right-wing authoritarianism, there is growing...
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore
The Convergence of Policies, Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
There are many factors to be considered when examining the current state of environmental problems in the modern world. By addressing these causes, the preservation of ecosystems and environmental resources can be maintained. Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation is an authoritative reference...
by Shoshana Gabbay
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the summer of 1999, an international group of experts convened in Jerusalem, Israel, in order to define the major environmental challenges facing humanity at the dawn of the new millennium and - where possible - propose ways of addressing them. Almost 50 selected articles are collected in the present...
Fisheries, Quota Management and Quota Transfer
Rationalization through Bio-economics
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
This volume examines the impact of fish stock assessment and catch share arrangements in context through case studies and in terms of ecosystem, economy and society. It examines the rationalizing work of bio-economic projects, especially the institutionalization of individual transferable quota (ITQ)...