Environmental management

The 9th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium (9HUES) was held in Madrid, Spain, from 9-11 June 2008.

This book examines the policy and politics of two health risks, which have recently become prominent social issues in many countries.

Progressing towards sustainable development raises important challenges to conducting performance evaluations in governments because there are neither generally accepted methods nor specific standards to be met at present.

The 21st century will present unprecedented challenges.

Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries Management begins with a look at four places outside the European Union known for innovative management: New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Alaska and Iceland.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop, "e;Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security"e; was the result of close collaboration between environmental, security, water resource, and health officials in the United States and Croatia.

Mathematical modelling has become in recent years an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies.

Information-based decision-making during drought, often brings out some of the excellent practices that are prevalent in society / individuals.

This book is the second in a series that examines how geographic information te- nologies (GIT) are being implemented to improve our understanding of a variety of hazard and disaster situations.

This book follows Tony Allan's journey through the maze of water management and global awareness of the risks of mismanagement, tracing the trajectory of the hydraulic mission from a time of infinite possibilities-fiat panis and piped water-to risk aversion, loss of confidence and political will, and post-water societies.

The contemporary economic landscape features the prevalence of the service sector in economic systems, the pervasive servitisation of manufacturing, innovations in traditional business models and new value creation models, thanks to the new possibilities offered by the web, ICT and other enabling technologies.

Il testo raccoglie una serie di qualificati contributi di autori italiani e stranieri in tema di Scienza dei Servizi in una prospettiva manageriale, toccando i temi più rilevanti rispetto al contributo che tale approccio può dare alla creazione di valore delle imprese, quali servitization dei prodotti, business modelling, co-creazione di valore con i clienti, misure di performance, ruolo dell'ICT.

This book articulates the traditional Japanese concept of conservation, called Satoyama, for effective management of nature's goods and services at a community-ecosystem interface in the climate milieu.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and issues concerning the economic valuation of natural resources.

El desenvolupament de la societat industrial al llarg dels últims 250 anys s'ha basat en l'accés a fonts d'energia abundants i barates en forma de combustibles fòssils (petroli, carbó i gas natural).

L'esgotament dels recursos combustibles fòssils és una realitat avalada per totes les fonts oficials que en xifren les existències restants.

This book offers a critical exploration into Indigenous knowledge systems, particularly focusing on Indigenous land-based knowledge and practice in reshaping disaster adaptations.

El tema desarrollado esta vinculado estrechamente al agua, el territorio y la produccion, y se centra en la elaboracion de un modelo de gestion renovado para la administracion del recurso hidrico, considerado este como un bien publico y estrategico en un area representativa del oasis de la cuenca del rio Mendoza.

Esta publicación presenta los métodos más eficaces para reconocer y analizar aquellos elementos de las actividades, productos o servicios de una organización que pueden tener un impacto significativo sobre el medio ambiente.

Un libro dirigido a las pymes, aunque también puede ser utilizado por empresas de cualquier tamaño, donde se explica cómo aplicar los requisitos de la ISO 14001:2015 y cómo identificar las áreas de mejora para beneficio de la propia organización, además del medio ambiente.

La guía para ayudar a las organizaciones a comprender la nueva versión de ISO 14001, así como a implementar y mantener el sistema de gestión basado en sus requisitos, en especial aquellos que se incorporan por primera vez en esta versión de la norma (contexto de la organización, liderazgo, riesgos.

Actualmente la sociedad valora cada vez más las actuaciones responsables por parte de las empresas, produciéndose un creciente interés por los impactos sociales y medioambientales que estas tienen en el entorno en el que desarrollan sus actividades.

This book questions the current definition of what makes a product sustainable and argues that a holistic approach to sustainable product design is required, one that considers all aspects of a product's life cycle from design to production, to use and then final disposal.

"Una de las industrias más productivas en México es la minería.

Esta publicación reúne las tesis defendidas en la jornada celebrada en el 2015 entre la Universitat de Valencia y el colectivo de institutos de estudios comarcales y municipales, centrada en un tema clave y de actualidad cómo es el análisis y debate en torno a los resultados de las elecciones locales de 2015 y sus repercusiones territoriales en la escala local valenciana.

Environmental Nexus Approach: Management of Water, Waste, and Soil establishes linkages between environmental resources, such as water, waste, and soil, in order to facilitate sustainable management of these resources.

This book focuses on the most recent developments in bioremediation techniques, exploring how microorganisms can break down different pollutants and the future potential of bioremediation to reduce global pollution levels.

This book reviews the important role of biotechnological innovations in achieving sustainable development goals and conserving global biodiversity.

Adquirir y/o actualizar conocimientos relacionados con la mas avanzada gestion de los aspectos ambientales relacionados con el ambito empresarial.

Hace poco el gobierno de Austria sorprendió al mundo con una extraña advertencia: antes o después se producirá un gran apagón eléctrico a nivel europeo, que puede generar el caos en el continente y cuyo alcance total es difícil de prever.

The book explores the complex correlation between blockchain technology and sustainability, demonstrating the potential of cutting-edge computational intelligence methods to address critical environmental and societal challenges.

The land degradation due to salinity and waterlogging is a global phenomenon, afflicting about one billion hectares within the sovereign borders of at least 75 countries.

Land degradation caused by salinity and waterlogging is a global problem afflicting about one billion hectares and endangering the food security of at least 75 countries.

This book presents an up-to-the-minute overview of arsenic and fluoride pollution of soil and groundwater in Pakistan.

Applied Environmental Biotechnology: Present Scenario and Future Trends is designed to serve as a reference book for students and researchers working in the area of applied environmental science.

This book focuses on land and disaster governance in Asian countries.

The 'Advances in Plant Biopesticides' comprises 19 chapters on different important issues of developing biopesticides from promising botanicals and its phytomolecules based on the research reviews in the area concern.

This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research papers from the 4th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD'13) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from over 20 countries, on the design process, methods and tools, for supporting global product development (GPD).

Este libro se centra en la concepción, el ejercicio y la aplicación jurídica de la protección del agua y esboza asimismo la lógica y las relaciones que se pueden construir en campos interdisciplinarios, para apoyar la difusión, el conocimiento y los instrumentos que nos ayuden a conservar la naturaleza excepcional de un país que en poco tiempo ha perdido sus bosques y riquezas hídricas, a la sombra de falaces propuestas económicas que están acabando con las fuentes de vida.

Seis artículos que abordan diferentes aspectos y problemáticas de la gestión del agua superficial y subterránea de la cuenca del río Ica.

La pandemia de covid-19 es una tragedia de alcance aún incierto, pero sin duda significó un breve respiro en nuestra demencial tendencia a consumir cada vez más energía.

México es hogar de la vaquita marina, el cetáceo más pequeño del mundo.

Climate change not only involves rising temperatures but it can also alter the hydro-meteorological parameters of a region and the corresponding changes emerging in the various biotic or abiotic environmental features.

La respuesta a las emergencias químicas en México se caracteriza por la falta de una política pública integral como lo evidencian la aprobación de normas incongruentes, la proliferación de dependencias e insuficientes medidas para prevenir y controlar estas emergencias.

Cultural landscapes are a product of the interactions between humans and natural settings.

How should regional cities develop regional development strategies for their sustainable future?

In recent years nobody could have failed to notice the frequent and often sensati- alist media headlines warning of the latest global disease threat to humankind.

Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity.