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The present energy economy, with its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, is not sustainable over the medium to long term for many interconnected reasons. Climate change is now recognized as posing a serious threat. Energy and resource decisions involving the carbon fuels...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2008-03-06
Format(s) : PDF
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Food products with genetically modified (GM) ingredients are common, yet many consumers are unaware of this. When polled, consumers say that they want to know whether their food contains GM ingredients, just as many want to know whether their food is natural or organic....
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2007-11-01
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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It is widely accepted that the future development of environmental law depends not on further legislation, but on more effective enforcement. Within the EC legal system, the conventional view is that the enforcement deficit is due to the fact that the environment is...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2007-08-16
Format(s) : PDF
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Environmental policy in its broadest context has been significantly revitalized and renewed during the last two decades. That observation is nothing new, attested to by the number of publications, conferences and both private and public projects that have been...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2006-09-09
Collection :
Environment & Policy
Format(s) : PDF
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The aim of this book is to encourage integration of the natural and social sciences with the policy and design-making community, and thereby develop a deeper understanding of complex environmental problems. Its fundamental themes are:• integrated modeling and...
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2002-06-05
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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Hazardous Waste Compliance concentrates on government regulations as they relate to hazardous waste and other hazardous materials. The main focus of this book is on how to comply with these requirements as well as on other best management practices (BMP), which will...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 2001-08-24
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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Environmental sustainability and social, or distributive, justice are both widely regarded as desirable social objectives. But can we assume that they are compatible with each other? In this path-breaking study, Professor Dobson, a leading expert on environmental...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-03
Format(s) : PDF
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Volume two considers major environmental issues using individual case studies from around the world as illustrations. These case studies explore the causes of international environmental issues and investigate the conflicts that hamper these solutions. The case studies...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 1996-03-29
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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The three volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context have been developed by the Dutch and UK Open Universities as part of the International Environmental Series. They accompany a workbook and six videos.The first volume takes a critical and analytical...
Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution : 1995-10-19
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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