This multidisciplinary volume articulates the current and potential public policy discourse between energy security and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, and the efforts taken to address global warming. Meer
This volume offers insight in the identification and selection procedure of marine protected areas in the German exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the North - and Baltic Seas. Meer
The book addresses in a comprehensive way the full greenhouse gases budget of the Italian landscape, focusing on land use and terrestrial ecosystems. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role of terrestrial ecosystems with regard to the carbon cycle and only recently a regional approach has been considered for its specificity in terms of new methodologies for observations and models and its relevance for national policies on mitigation and adaptation to climate changes. Meer
Ein in Wissenschaft und Praxis der Sanierung von Altlasten erfahrenes Herausgeber- und Autorenteam gibt in diesem Standardwerk einen umfassenden Überblick über die Sanierungstechnologien. Meer
Dieter Senghaas, professor emeritus of international relations, University of Bremen, was one of most innovative contemporary German social scientists, with major contributions on peace and development research and on music and peace. Meer
The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of Science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the Seminar, followed by general debates. Meer
This book is an introduction to the challenges of independent regulation, a new governance institution introduced in developing economies in the wake of liberalization, to perform the role of a surrogate for competitive markets. Meer
This book is an introduction to the challenges of independent regulation, a new governance institution introduced in developing economies in the wake of liberalization, to perform the role of a surrogate for competitive markets. 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
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
Die Beitr{ge behandeln die Probleme der Verankerung des
Umweltschutzes in der sich bislang prim{r als
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft verstehenden Europ{ischen
Gemeinschaft. Meer
Das k}rzlich verabschiedete Umwelthaftungsgesetz wirft eine
Vielzahl von umweltrechtlichen und umwelt|konomischen Fragen
auf, z.B. bez}glich der
- rechts- und umweltpolitischen Zielsetzung des
Umwelthaftungsgesetzes,
- der Wirksamkeit des Umwelthaftungsgesetzesals Anreiz zur
Schadensverh}tung,
- der Anreizkompatibilit{t der obligatorischen
Umwelthaftpflicht-Versicherung,
- der Grenzen der Versicherbarkeit von Umweltrisiken,
- der Besonderheiten im Falle des Mitverschuldens des
Gesch{digten und bei Summations- und Distanzsch{den,
- der M|glichkeiten von Fondsl|sungen,
Umweltgenossenschaften oder anderen kollektiven
Schadenstragungssystemen und
- der Rolle des Haftungsrechts im Kanon umweltpolitischer
Instrumente. Meer
Der Preis für Wohlstand und Funktionsfähigkeit der modernen Industriegesellschaft besteht in dem Eingehen von sozialen, technischen und ökologischen Risiken. Meer
Chemical additives are used to enhance the properties of many industrial products. Since their release into the environment is a potential risk for man and nature, their fate and behavior have been investigated in the framework of the European Union-funded project RISKCYCLE. Meer
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
Does extinction have to be forever? As the global extinction crisis accelerates, conservationists and policy-makers increasingly use advanced biotechnologies such as reproductive cloning, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and bioinformatics in the urgent effort to save species. Meer
Environmental Change in Lesotho identifies and analyzes the drivers of land-use change and the consequences of these changes on the livelihoods of rural land-users/managers. Meer
More than 2.6 billion people in the developing world lack access to safe water and sanitation service. The Millennium Development Goal’s (MDG) target is to halve the number of people without access to a sustainable source of water supply and connection to a sewer network by 2015. 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