Environmental Indicators

Author : Robert H. Armon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401794995
Total Pages : 1061 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators written by Robert H. Armon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 1061 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental indicators are the first line of warning against hazards caused by humans or nature catastrophes to prevent diseases and death of living organisms. The present book covers a large variety of environmental indicators from physical-chemistry through economical, bioinformatics, electromagnetic irradiation and health aspects, all dealing with environmental pollution. This volume has been intended to environmentalists, engineers, scientists and policy makers as well to anybody interested in the latest development in the indicator field.

Author : Michael John Wilson
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845933850
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nematodes as Environmental Indicators written by Michael John Wilson and published by CABI. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nematodes are the most wide spread multicellular animals in nature and analysis of nematodes in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments as well as their role and function in ecosystems, can be used for environmental monitoring. Compared to other organisms, they offer the greatest potential as bioindicators and can be used to study gene expression in relation to environmental challenges, to monitor changing impacts on the environment and in laboratory ecotoxicity tests. This volume addresses classical and molecular approaches to nematode community analysis, the contemporary field of nematodes as biosensors, as well as genomic aspects of nematode bioindicators. In addition, the case studies stress the importance of these bioindicators and demonstrate the commercial potential of these technologies.

Author : Simon Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113655601X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Indicators written by Simon Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the first edition: 'This book should be of interest to anyone interested in sustainable development, and especially sustainability indicators. Bell and Morse easily succeed in exposing the fundamental paradoxes of these concepts and, more importantly, they offer us a way forward. Readers ... will find their practical recommendations for those attempting to do sustainability analysis in the field most welcome, which is also the book's greatest strength.' Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 'This book makes a valuable contribution to the theory and practice of using indicators for sustainability. It introduces systems ideas and a range of tools and techniques that have the potential to broaden and deepen our understanding of a whole range of complex situations. Well worth a closer look.' Christine Blackmore, Open University 'This is a book that explores new ways of thinking about how to measure sustainability... It offers stimulating food for thought for environmental educators and researchers.' Environmental Education Research 'This book tells me, as an SI 'practitioner', where I have been and why, and more importantly how I should be thinking in order to effectively present to and empower the local community in the years ahead.' David Ellis, Principal Pollution Monitoring Officer, Norwich City Council 'A practical guide to the development of sustainability indicators which offers a systemic and participative way to use them at local scale. Our preliminary results are highly positive and the approach is applicable in many contexts.' Elisabeth Coudert, Programme Officer Prospective and Regional Development, Blue Plan The groundbreaking first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. In the new edition the authors bring the literature up to date and show that the basic requirement for a systemic approach is now well grounded in the evidence. They examine the origins and development of Systemic Sustainability Analysis (SSA) as a theoretical approach to sustainability which has been developed in practice in a number of countries on an array of projects since the first edition. They look at how SSA has evolved into the practical approaches of Systemic Prospective Sustainability Analysis (SPSA) and IMAGINE, and, in particular, how a wide range of participatory methodologies have been adopted over the years. They also provide an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of projects that undertake work in the general field of sustainable development.

Author : Bernd Lottermoser
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319427318
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining written by Bernd Lottermoser and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an important new contribution to the literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Its timely content has been prepared by several experts from around the world and its practical format addresses the major environmental predictive techniques required for the extraction and processing of metal resources. Packed with reviews and case studies, it covers current methods used to forecast environmental effects of metal mining.

Author : Tomás Hák
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597266280
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Indicators written by Tomás Hák and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the concept of sustainability has been widely embraced, it has been only vaguely defined and is exceedingly difficult to measure. Sustainability indicators are critical to making the broad concept of sustainability operational by providing specific measures by which decision makers and the public can judge progress. Sustainability Indicators defines the present state of the art in indicator development. It presents a comprehensive assessment of the science behind various indicators, while placing special emphasis on their use as communications tools. The contributors draw on their experience as academics and practitioners to describe the conceptual challenges to measuring something as complex as sustainability at local, regional, national, and global scales. The book also reviews existing indicators to assess how they could be better employed, considering which indicators are overused and which have been underutilized. Sustainability Indicators will help planners and policy makers find indicators that are ready for application and relevant to their needs, and will help researchers identify the unresolved issues where progress is most urgently needed. All readers will find advice as to the most effective ways to use indicators to support decision making.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264012192
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environment at a Glance OECD Environmental Indicators written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926418855X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators for Agriculture Methods and Results Volume 3 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive study to review and take stock in OECD countries of progress in developing indicators to measure the environmental performance of agriculture.

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Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9280724762
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators-South Pacific written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2004 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Hermans
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781628082593
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Quality written by Arthur Hermans and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the environmental indicators, monitoring and health implications of air quality. Topics in this compilation include the application of a Mars-based regression model to the air quality study in Northern Spain; microbial air sampling; the impact of air pollution from the mining-metallurgical complex on the content of total sulphur in plant material and soil; ecotoxicity assessment of traffic-related airborne pollution; and air quality in occupied school buildings spaces in the south of Portugal.

Author : J. A. Bakkes
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9280714279
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Overview of Environmental Indicators written by J. A. Bakkes and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: