Principles of Environmental Sciences

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Boersema, Jan J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reijnders, Lucas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Pollution.; Environmental economics.; Pollution, general.; Environmental Management.; Environment, general.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to enviro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Stating the Problem
• Environmental Sciences, Sustainability, and Quality
• Biogeochemical Cycles
• Reconstructing Environmental Changes over the Last 3 Million Years
• Environmental History: Object of Study and Methodology
• Human Environmental History Since the Origin of Agriculture
• Recent Developments and Trends
• Principles and Methods
• General Principles
• Specific Principles
• Social Science and Environmental Behaviour
• The Natural Environment
• Analytical Tools for the Environment-Economy Interaction
• Analysis of Physical Interactions Between the Economy and the Environment
• Environmental Policy Instruments
• Environmental Institutions and Learning: Perspectives from the Policy Sciences
• Technology for Environmental Problems
• Integration
• Environmental Modelling
• An Illustration of the LCA Technique
• Integrated Assessment
• Context and Perspectives
• Environmental Policies in Their Cultural and Historical Contexts
• National Policy Styles and Waste Management in The Netherlands and Bavaria
• Land Use in Zimbabwe and Neighbouring Southern African Countries
• Climate Change Policy of Germany, UK and USA
• Technical Progress, Finite Resources and Intergenerational Justice
• Sustainability is an Objective Value
• A Rejoinder to Wilfred Beckerman and Herman Daly
• Transitions to Sustainability as Societal Innovations
• Agriculture and Food Problems
• Tracing the Sustainable Development of Nations with Integrated Indicators.