The purpose of the Third National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, which was held in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 12–14, 2007 was to address pollution prevention, solutions, and research needs and foster relationships that could result in partnerships needed to protect and sustain the - vironment and improve the quality of life. Meer
Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: A Casebook for Environmental Professionals introduces a decision-making model constructed from the viewpoint that ethics are not about the way things are, but about the way things should be. Meer
This book argues that social and environmental policy should be synthetically treated as one and the same field, that both are but two aspects of the same coin – if sustainability is the goal. Meer
This book presents an earth science-based overview of the challenges to sustainability. It provides a detailed study of climate change, as well as energy, food, and water security across different regions. Meer
This book will address concepts and techniques for preparation and disposal of low- (LLW) and intermediate-level (ILW) radioactive waste from the nuclear industry, the weapons industry, university labs, research institutes, and from the commercial industry. Meer
This book represents the collected works of Environmental and Resource Management (ERM) Alumni as well as young professionals and researches who are involved in the field of ERM. Meer
Qualitätssicherung bei der Altlastenbearbeitung bietet einen Einstieg in die Thematik für alle, die im Bereich der Altlastenerfassung, -untersuchung, -bewertung und -sanierung tätig sind. Meer
Die Veröffentlichung gibt die Vorträge von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern aus der früheren DDR anläßlich einer Tagung wieder, die am 28./29. Juni 1990 stattfand. Meer
Having had the opportunity of receiving considerable public money (mainly from the Swiss National Science Foundation) for numerous en- ronmental policy studies in Switzerland and abroad during the last 25 years, I have decided to put the results – published mainly in German and French but also in English in many scientific journals, monographs and book sections – in a single book on behalf of my students, younger sch- ars interested in policy analysis dating from the period of the first en- ronmental policies, and my friends teaching this subject in Switzerland and abroad. Meer
Schallbewertung ist eine zentrale Aufgabe der Lärmforschung. Geräusche am Arbeitsplatz, in der Freizeit, in der Umwelt allgemein können als angenehm, als störend oder sogar als schmerzhaft wahrgenommen werden. Meer
Mit dem 1998 verabschiedeten Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz wurde im Umweltrecht eine lange bestehende Rechtslücke für das Medium Boden geschlossen. Das Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz wird durch die Bundes-Bodenschutzverordnung bzw. Meer
This SpringerBrief brings together a series of studies that delve into the details of French and Israeli green building practices and tell a tale of two countries which deviates considerably from what first impressions might suggest. Meer
This book focuses on a monograph published in 2017 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), discussing its carcinogen hazard classification of four pesticides: parathion, malathion, diazinon, and tetrachlorvinphos as well as the herbicide glyphosate. Meer