Interfuel substitution is an issue that is - and will likely remain - an important topic of inquiry for many years, as governments around the world seek to set policies that are intended to restrain carbon emissions or steer economies toward or away from certain fuels.
El medio ambiente, entendido como tal, es un bien perteneciente a todos los habitantes del planeta, al igual que el derecho a disfrutarlo, así como el deber de protegerlo y respetarlo.
This book examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the degree of inequality in wellbeing (income and wealth, health, access to health care, employment, and education) in a number of different countries around the globe.
Originally published in 1986, this work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.
With drastic action needing to be taken now, rather than over the 30 years to 2050, this book addresses the crucial question of how to get action from governments who will always put short-term considerations (e.
Drawing on a broad transdisciplinary background, this book compares distributive justice systems and related socioeconomic institutions within the liberal and sustainable development traditions.
The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneve in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming.
This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state.
This book provides a comprehensive and essential resource for healthcare professionals, researchers and students interested in the field of hospital logistics.
This book explores the phenomenon of political correctness in academia and explains why and how scholars and administrators impact PC’s prominence in the academic sphere.
Das rationale, die Verschwendung vermeidende Handeln war schon immer eine Selbstverständlichkeit für Ärzte, Pflegekräfte und andere Mitarbeiter des Gesundheitswesens.
Hochgradige Arbeitsteilung, medizinisch-pflegerische Anforderungen, Fachkräftemangel und Ressourcenknappheit, Leistungskomprimierung oder auch das Erwartungsniveau der Patienten und externer Stakeholder bilden die aktuellen Herausforderungen im Krankenhauswesen.
The Cary Conferences, as we have envisaged them, are different from most scientific meetings in that they provide a forum for major issues in ecology from a more philosophical point of view.
For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting programmatic 'economic analyses,' also known as Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), to assess the economic effects of its regulatory efforts.
Dieser Sammelband gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklung konkreter Strategien und Maßnahmen bei der Umsetzung von Geschäftsmodellen, wobei auf die operative und strategische Unternehmensebene bei Unternehmensgründungen Bezug genommen wird.
Cet ouvrage est une analyse approfondie du chapitre sur l'environnement des Principes directeurs de l'OCDE à l'intention des entreprises multinationales et d'autres dispositions pertinentes de ces Principes et propose aux entreprises désireuses de les mettre en oeuvre quelques idées et conseils concrets.
Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials critically reimagines how we conceptualize the transfer of value embodied in internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs).
This book's pluralistic, non-dogmatic, and committed investigation of the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity provides balanced analysis of environmental problems and their potential solutions.
Taking advantage of the many specialists visiting Spain prior to the INFORMS Meeting in Barcelona, hold from July 14th to July 17th 1997, we organized a work- shop on Decision Analysis Applications at the Real Academia de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain, from J uly 11th to 12th 1997, under the sponsorship of de the Instituto Espaiia.
A synthesis of international research on the water requirements of eleven major fruit crops, highlighting opportunities for improving water productivity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of international and domestic tourism and sharply focused attention on the importance of tourist health, safety and wellbeing like never before.
An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.
This book, based on extensive international collaborative research, highlights the state-of-the-art design of "e;smart living"e; for metropolises, megacities, and metacities, as well as at the community and neighbourhood level.
This proceedings volume provides a multifaceted perspective on the unprecedented crises generated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and its ramifications for individuals, businesses, organizations, governments and systems in developing countries.
