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Tourism vs Environment
The Case for Coastal Areas
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
P.P. Wong ABSTRACT Tourism is environmentally dependent. The unique character ofcoastal areas gives rise to a distinctive tourist development. Although accounts on the impacts ofcoastal tourism can be found in works relating to tourism in general, there are few works specifically on coastal tourism....
by Debra A. Reid, David D. Vail
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2019
Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites is for anyone who wants to better understand the environment that surrounds us and sustains us, who wants to become a better steward of that environment, and who wants to share lessons learned with others. The process starts by focusing attention...
God and the Human Environment
Catholic Principles of Environmental Stewardship as a Template for Action in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
God and the Human Environment: Catholic Principles of Environmental Stewardship as a Template for Action in Nigeria brings into conversation the Churchs theological reflection on the mandate to care for Gods creation and the circumstances of the environment in Nigeria. In vivid terms and with systemic...
The Environment in the Age of the Internet
Activists, Communication, and the Digital Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
How do we talk about the environment? Does this communication reveal and construct meaning? Is the environment expressed and foregrounded in the new landscape of digital media?
The Environment in the Age of the Internet is an interdisciplinary collection that draws together research and answers from...
by Christian Uwagwuna
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: none, University of Leicester, course: Strategy and Management, language: English, abstract: Introduction There is no gainsaying that the continuous exploitation of the world natural resources by humans and more so corporations...
by Rajib Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present...
by G.G. Choudhry
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet ab out the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
by Alan Millard
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
A consistent effort to destroy the natural environment, with a cultural influence that clashed with the Native American way of life, presently continues from European arrival. When we see land "developers," supported by government-funded contracts and zoning laws that accommodate turning...
by Don Philpott
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Although the earth has been around for millions of years, humans have only been seriously interested in protecting and preserving the environment for less than 200 years and the terms conservationism and environmentalism are little more than 100 years old. The industrial revolution brought with it...
Governance, Environment, and Sustainable Human Development in Drc
The State, Civil Society and the Private Economy and Environmental Policies in Changing Trends in the Human Development Index After Independence
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
This book considers Congolese society in a broader framework of social and environmental dimensions. It explains to a large extent how these dimensions depend on governance and assesses the impact of governance on the indices of human development and quality of life. Our Environment, Our Wealth is...
Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development
Social Work-Social Development Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
How does climate change affect social work and social development? What actions are needed to integrate the three pillars of economic development, environmental development and social protection? With global warming and the increase in natural disasters due to the emission of greenhouse gases, an...
Metallic Effluents of Industrial Origin in the Marine Environment
A report prepared for the Directorate-General for Industrial and Technological Affairs and for the Environment and Consumer Protection Service of the European Communities by l'Association Europeenne Oceanique
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Based on a unique industrial European membership, the European Oceanic Association, "non-profit Association has as its object the pooling of talents, resources and ex perience in the marine field with the purpose of promoting in Europe a concentration of efforts to foster the study and exploration...
PHEs, Environment and Human Health
Potentially harmful elements in the environment and the impact on human health
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
This book is dedicated to the occurrence and behaviour of PHEs in the different compartments of the environment, with special reference to soil. Current studies of PHEs in ecosystems have indicated that many industrial areas near urban agglomerates, abandoned or active mines, major road systems and...
by Robert S. Devine
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Since becoming president, George W. Bush has walked away from the Kyoto Protocol, pushed for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, undermined protections for endangered species and wilderness, and retreated from his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide. But the president’s agenda...