Environmental policy and protocols

Urban, Regional and National Planning (UNRENAP): Environmental Aspects contains the proceedings of a Workshop on Urban, Regional and National Planning held in Kyoto, Japan, on August 5-6, 1977 under the auspices of the International Federation of Automatic Control.

The concept of sustainable development appeared almost twenty years ago, adapting traditional policies to new circumstances, and promoting progress capable of satisfying the necessities of both present and future generations.

A scientific workforce with cutting-edge skills is critical for the ability of the U.

Total Environmental Compliance: A Practical Guide for Environmental Professionals gives you the background and skills you need to ensure total environmental compliance in your organization.

Many new development initiatives have been introduced in Africa over the past few decades.

"e;This marvelously accessible book highlights a full color presentation of climate science with solutions.

Transparency and Public Participation for Radioactive Waste Management in Europe investigates how the pillars of the Aarhus Convention, and a broader understanding of transparency by Civil Society (CS), can be transposed into Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), particularly in the establishment of Radioactive Waste (RW) facilities in different national contexts.

Smoke screens, cover-ups, conspiracies, and myths are exposed.

This book rethinks the boundaries of transitional justice, urging scholars and practitioners to confront the often-overlooked nexus between mass violence and ecological harm.

Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society is a comprehensive guide that provides insights into the multifaceted relationship between climate change and society and covers a wide array of topics, disciplines, and cultures, from the latest trends in weather patterns to the issue of climate (in)justice.

The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will be at risk; port infrastructures will need to be raised; and over ten million Americans fleeing rising seas will become climate refugees.

In urban planning, a brownfield is a former industrial or commercial site where environmental contamination hinders development.

Climate change and natural disasters have always been hot topics of discussion and debate from the living rooms of citizens to meetings to civil society organizations' candlelight vigils.

A major problem confronting the United States in the 21st century is the 20th century's legacy of toxic waste.

This comprehensive study of sharks of the Mediterranean Sea provides a great deal of information about shark biology, human-shark interactions, recent research, and ecology and conservation in the region.

The dramas of Eugene O'Neill--often called America's first "e;serious"e; playwright--exhibit an imagining of the natural world that enlivens the plays and marks the boundaries of the characters' fates.

This examination of myths from around the world focuses on the role nature plays within mythology.

Building upon anarchist critiques of racism, sexism, ableism and classism, this collection of new essays melds anarchism with animal advocacy in arguing that speciesism is an ideological and social norm rooted in hierarchy and inequality.

This personal narrative about life in a remote desert region of western India tells of how love of place and love of person find their equilibrium in a world far removed from modernity.

This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works that engage the numinous--and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism.

When natural gas was first discovered in Appalachia in the 19th century, its development as a fuel was rapid.

The all-new essays in this book respond to the question, How do spaces in science fiction, both built and unbuilt, help shape the relationships among humans, other animals and their shared environments?

In 1846, political economist Karl Marx wrote that "e;without cotton, you have no modern industry.

This reference book on the cockatoo family provides a comprehensive physical description of the various species of this exotic parrot, the habitat they favor, and their distribution and behaviors both in the wild and in captivity.

This updated edition of the 1979 original covers the landmark struggle to save the New River from damming in the 1970s.

With America's dependence on fossil fuels painfully apparent due to world events and the resultant sharply rising gas prices, the search for renewable energy sources has never been more important.

This handbook is a reference for goat keepers.

The fundamental point of this book is that, in the past, the world's political, economic, military and social development took place during a time of relatively stable sea level.

During the nineteenth century, insects became a very fashionable subject of study, and the writing of the day reflected this popularity.

As animal exploitation increases, animal liberation issues are of growing concern, as seen through the rise of veganism, academic disciplines devoted to animal issues, and mainstream critiques of factory farms.

This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity's natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present.

This book critically explores how the water-energy-food nexus can be used as an organising framework to address environmental degradation and promote sustainable development.

This thought-provoking, accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what exactly cheap food affords us.

This book analyses over 20 years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises.

Member states of the European Union often label themselves as the world's top Green Leaders.

This book examines how the on-paper hydropower boom impacts the safe and fair access to water and energy in emerging economies.

This book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.

This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the cities of the Global South.

Drawing on historic sources as well as present-day interviews, Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing is a story about systemic racism, environmental injustice, and the failure of government.

This book compiles, discusses, and explains the key concepts in land politics in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

Combining innovative social theory with ongoing policy discussions on climate change, this book analyzes past and present efforts at challenging global poverty through reforming the dynamics of worldwide agricultural production.

An examination of Social Awakenment, History-Long Vision,Holistic Social Understanding & Strategies of TransformationAs viewed by five United States Citizens in 2011Lead author Gene Marshall with coauthors, Ben Ball, Marsha Buck, Ken Kreutziger, and Alan RichardThough vast changes are necessary, we believe humanity can find a vision and plan of action that is both satisfying and realistic.

Few people understand the difficulties animal rights activists undergo.

The environmental challenges facing Uganda and the East African region are real.

This book examines the impact and implications of Japan's withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019.

In this important new book on the declining health of one of America's leading environmental treasures, Howard Ernst reveals a Chesapeake bay that has become functionally dead.

This book delves into Europe's urgent quest for energy independence as a foundation for the EU and national sovereignty, economic resilience and climate leadership.

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.