Choosing the optimal management option requires environmental risk managers and decision makers to evaluate diverse, and not always congruent, needs and interests of multiple stakeholders.
The book describes Japan's efforts since 2015 to exit the deflationary 'lost decades' and chart a new economic course through digital and green transformation, as well as 'new/ sustainable capitalism.
Africa stands at a critical juncture in its development trajectory, grappling with the twin challenges of climate vulnerability and persistent socio-economic inequality.
The Paradox: Americans are not as healthy as people in dozens of comparable countries that spend 30 percent less on health care, and our medical marketplace overall is plagued by persistent problems of cost, quality, and access.
Aimed at practitioners and students in environmental studies, development, economics and geography, this book systematically investigates how sustainable development can be achieved at the local and global level.
Balances Scientific and Economic Points of View to Thoroughly Address Management IssuesResponding to the need for clarification and benchmarks, Environmental Life Cycle Costing provides the fundamental basis on which to establish a definitive methodology.
In recent years the increased awareness of environmental issues has led to the development of new approaches to product design, known as Design for Environment and Life Cycle Design.
Facing the challenges of globalization and ecology, the standards for economic, social and environmental performance of companies are becoming more demanding.
Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector explores how to govern the planning, implementation, and maintenance operations in smart city projects and transitions, and the urban digitalization processes that may potentially trigger.
It is widely acknowledged that, in addition to global and regional efforts to cope with climate change by means of mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to better handle the problems related to it.
Die pharmazeutische Industrie weist gegenüber normalen Industriebetrieben eine Reihe von Besonderheiten auf, die in der allgemeinen Industriebetriebslehre nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt werden.
Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector explores how to govern the planning, implementation, and maintenance operations in smart city projects and transitions, and the urban digitalization processes that may potentially trigger.
World Energy Resources is an explanatory energy survey of the countries and major regions of the world, their geographic and economic settings, and signif- icant inter-relationships.
This volume is the result of the International IDNDR-Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters, held at the Geo- ForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, Germany from 7-11 September 1998.
Schnell und bequem auffindbare, wissenschaftlich fundierte, somit verlässliche, neutrale und umfassende Information zu modernen Energietechnologien stellt dieses Handbuch bereit.
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention as adopted in May 2009 and a thorough analysis of the overall status quo of ship recycling regulations.
Die angespannte finanzielle Situation im Gesundheitswesen führt dazu, dass neben medizinischen auch immer mehr ökonomische Sachverhalte eine Rolle spielen.
This book enables readers to better understand, explain, and predict the future of the nation's overall economic health through its examination of the black working class-especially the experiences of black women and black working-class residents outside of urban areas.
