The role of water in our communities, from local to regional and right up to global levels, poses a series of key questions about climate change, about the anthropogenic impact on the environment, and about all the interconnected actions and events that affect the availability and quality of the resource. Meer
Any reader eager to gain a comprehensive insight into forest development policy, praxis and reality shouldn’t miss this excellent publication. Hard to find a comparable reading where the author is digging as deep into Forest Development Policy. Meer
This important and insightful book provides, for the first time, a broad presentation of ongoing research into public participation in landscape conservation, management and planning, following the 2000 European Landscape Convention which came into force in 2004. Meer
Any reader eager to gain a comprehensive insight into forest development policy, praxis and reality shouldn’t miss this excellent publication. Hard to find a comparable reading where the author is digging as deep into Forest Development Policy. Meer
Recent critiques of air quality management approaches currently employed in developed and many developing countries have suggested that efficiencies could be achieved if air quality management practices shifted from pollutant-by-pollutant approaches to a comprehensive multipollutant approach in which emission reduction decisions are based on relative risk and evaluated on their effectiveness in meeting environmental and health goals. Meer
It is no surprise that the subject "The Future of the Law of the Sea" meets with special interest in the Netherlands. "The sea is our element, the roaring sea our glory," as the old folksong says. Meer
Factor X: Re-source—Designing the Recycling Society explores the role of recycling in efforts to achieve the sustainable world envisioned in the Federal Environment Ministry’s Resource Efficiency Programme, known as ProgRess. Meer
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in das Umweltrecht, insbesondere für Praktiker und Nicht-Juristen. Ausgehend von den allgemeinen Grundlagen werden die wichtigsten Bereiche des Umweltrechts in Theorie und zahlreichen Anwendungsfällen vorgestellt. Meer
Ausgehend von der Feststellung eines verbreiteten Scheinkonsenses bezüglich der Begründung und Beurteilung umweltpolitischer Maßnahmen im Rahmen der "traditionellen" Umweltökonomik untersucht die Studie den grundsätzlichen Zusammenhang von Umweltökonomik, Umweltpolitik und Marktwirtschaft. Meer
Die vorliegende Schrift ist 1991 von der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultiit der Universitiit Heidelberg als Habilitationsschrift angenommen und danach nochmals iiberarbeitet und aktualisiert worden. Meer
Umweltpolitik verliert sich heute in Details. Ihr Erfolg entscheidet sich nicht in diesen oft hochspezialisierten Fragen, sondern darin, ob die weithin aner kannten Leitgedanken verwirklicht werden. Meer
Der Band untersucht Formen und Wirkungen institutioneller Arrangements. Welche Formen können sie annehmen und was leisten sie nach dem Kriterium der Zukunftsfähigkeit bzw. Meer
Biomedical research is increasingly carried out in low- and middle-income countries. International consensus has largely been achieved around the importance of valid consent and protecting research participants from harm. Meer
This volume presents research on current trends in chemical regulations – a fa- growing, complex, and increasingly internationalized field. The book grew out from a multidisciplinary research project entitled ‘Regulating Chemical Risks in the Baltic Sea Area: Science, Politics, and the Media’, led by Michael Gilek at Södertörn University, Sweden. Meer
This book is an attempt to acknowledge the discipline ‘wetland science’ and to consolidate research findings, reviews and synthesis articles on different aspects of the wetlands in South Asia. Meer