EU enlargement and the environment

institutional change and environmental policy in Central and Eastern Europe

This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes - capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed ...

Sustainable urban development

.Vol.1: The framework and protocols for environmental assessment

Sustainable Urban Developments examines the models of sustainable development and sets out the framework for analysing urban development and the sustainability issues this gives rise to. It examines the protocols (planning, property development, design, construction and operational activities) developed to address the issues and provides ...

Environmental management and development

The continual degradation of the planet's environment is something that affects every person in every country, be it developed or developing. Statements and policies are made at international levels, but their effectiveness is questionable. Also, are techniques of environmental management (EM) used in the ...

Economic approach to environment and natural resources

This innovative, cutting-edge text takes a hands-on approach to the origins of environmental problems, their economic consequences, and the policies that address them. The text presents environmental economic theory and methods in the first five chapters and then applies and reinforces them with illustrations and ...

Cradle to cradle (de la cuna a la cuna)

rediseñando la forma en que hacemos las cosas

"Reducir, reutilizar, reciclar" El libro es un manifiesto que recoge una filosofía y práctica radicalmente diferentes sobre la eco- efectividad - temas de industria (manufactura) y medioambiente. A través de la elaboración de todos sus principios desde la experiencia del(re) diseño de cualquier cosa los ...

The plain language guide to the world summit on sustainable development

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates with the goal of mapping out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting 54-page technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), outlining government priorities and ...

Limits to growth

the 30 year update

1972, The Limits to Growth shocked the world and forever changed the global agenda by demonstrating that unchecked growth on our finite planet was leading planet earth towards ecological 'overshoot' and pending disaster. Employing computer modelling and hard data the book went on to sell ...

Environmental management in organizations

The IEMA handbook

Environment and sustainable development issues are now key concerns for all but the smallest organizations and apply to all sectors - private, public and third sector - requiring a growing army of environmental professionals to manage them. This volume provides the basic resource needed by organizations and ...

The natural advantage of nations

business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century

This book is the definitive and most comprehensive guide to modeling derivatives in C++ today. Providing readers with not only the theory and math behind the models, as well as the fundamental concepts of financial engineering, but also actual robust object-oriented C++ code, this is ...

The new accountability

environmental responsibility across borders

The growth of pollution that crosses national borders represents a significant threat to human health and ecological sustainability. Various international agreements exist between countries to reduce risks to their populations, however there is often a mismatch between national territories of state responsibility and transboundary hazards ...

The organizations of global negotiantons

constructing the climate change regime

The global negotiations over climate change involved over 180 countries and innumerable observers and other participants, addressing enormously complex and economically vital issues with conflicting agendas. For the UN to create an effective and well-supported international regime required enormous and very skilful organization. Using the ...

Sustainability and health

supporting global ecological integrity in public health

The zone of interaction between the social and the natural environment is the most important emerging area in public health. Radical changes in the biosphere and human interaction with the environment are increasingly impacting the health of populations across the world. Whether the risk is ...

Filosofía del medio ambiente

razón, naturaleza y preocupaciones humanas

Esta introducción a la filosofía del medio ambiente examina los actuales debates sobre cómo deberíamos pensar el mundo natural y nuestro lugar dentro de él. A diferencia de otros trabajos, el tema se examina desde una perspectiva decididamente analítica, que aunque se centra en cuestiones ...

El ecologismo de los pobres

conflictos ambientales y lenguales de valoración

He aquí un libro excelente, rico en detalles empíricos, lleno de percepciones teóricas y que invita a la esperanza en un mundo oscuro; una obra inspiradora. El autor es uno de los más destacados economistas ecológicos y ecologistas políticos del mundo. Es también un referente ...

Implementing strategic environmental assessment

More countries are now using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) than ever before. This timely and comprehensive Handbook describes the implementation of SEA in 18 countries around the world, as well as a critical analysis of different SEA methodologies. The Handbook starts by introducing key SEA ...

Indicator Systems for Sustainable Innovation

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants; however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that contribute to the realisation of ...

The social contours of risk

.Vol.I: publics, risk cominication and the social amplification of risk

We live in a #risk society# where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. Jeanne and Roger Kasperson are two of the world#s leading and most influential analysts ...

Spillovers and innovations

space, environment, and the economy

Innovation processes and related spillovers are of eminent importance in a modern economy. How do they relate to spatial structures and environmental factors? The papers analyse innovation processes and spillovers in the economy from various angles, focussing mainly on regional and environmental aspects. Among others ...

Ecological debt

the health oh the planet and the wealth of nations

If the whole world wanted to live like people in the United Kingdom we would need the resources of three planets like Earth. If the United States was our model the number would be five. Simms shows how millions of us in the West are ...

Time strategies, innovation and environmental policy

This book is the first attempt to systematically introduce the aspect of time into economic and environmental innovation policy. The authors demonstrate how #windows of opportunity# for technological innovations emerge and also explain how they can be identified and effectively exploited. Contents: 1. Introduction 2 ...