Environmental category: 9736 books
The Dieselgate
A Legal Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book explains, compares and assesses the legal implications of Dieselgate within a range of selected jurisdictions and at the EU, international and comparative law level.
The book analyses the US EPA-VW $14.7 billion dollar settlement of 2016, one of the largest civil settlements in the...
by Amber Rose Maggio
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
This book explores the legal regime of non-product related process and production methods (NPR PPMs) in the context of trade-restrictive environmental measures, eco-labelling requirements and sanitary measures under the WTO. These issues serve as concrete, representative examples that raise broader...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 1998
New Instruments for Environmental Policy in the EU provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate over new forms of environmental regulation in the European Union.The conclusions draw attention to critical aspects of instrument design, as well as the difficulty of accommodating national policy diversity without contravening EU and international tr
Analyzing Natural Systems
Analysis for Regional Residuals-Environmental Quality Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
This report was undertaken on local, regional, state and federal levels in the United States to analyse the impact residuals have on environmental quality and to emphasise the need for Residuals- Environmental quality management (REQM). Originally published in 1982, this study brings together information...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
This volume provides in-depth coverage of such topics as multi-reservoir system operation theory and practice, management of aquifer systems connected to streams using semi-analytical models, one-dimensional model of water quality and aquatic ecosystem-ecotoxicology in river systems, environmental...
by G.Mattney Cole
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Federal regulations have required thousands of underground storage tanks (USTs) to be dug up and removed or replaced. The contamination of soil and ground water from leaking USTs has become widespread and has produced an overwhelming number of sites that require remediation.
Assessment and Remediation...
by Chongrak Polprasert, Thammarat Koottatep
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
This fourth edition of Organic Waste Recycling is fully updated with new material to create a comprehensive and accessible textbook: - New chapter on constructed wetlands for wastewater and faecal sludge stabilization. - New sections on: waste recycling vs. climate change and water; faecal sludge...
Urbanization and Sustainability
Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The existence of the human race has created inevitable effects on our surrounding environment. To prevent further harm to the world’s ecosystems, it becomes imperative to assess mankind’s impact on and create sustainability initiatives to maintain the world’s ecosystems. Environmental Sustainability...
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Building and Environmental Applications
Options for a Greener Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This diverse resource on renewable energy and sustainable technologies highlights the status, state of the art, challenges, advancements and options in areas such as energy recovery systems, turbine ventilators, green composites, biofuels and bio-resources for energy production, wind energy, integrated...
by David F. Ciambrone
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The trend in industry and with the EPA is to prevent wastes before they are created instead of treating or disposing of them later. This book assists design/systems engineers and managers in designing or changing a product or set of processes in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment...
Monitoring Ecological Condition at Regional Scales
Proceedings of the Third Symposium on the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Albany, NY, U.S.A., 8–11 April, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program was created by EPA to develop the capability for tracking the changing conditions of our natural resources and to give environmental policy the advantages ofa sound scientific understanding of trends. Former EPA Administrators recognized early that...
by Lothar Brock, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Renat Perelet
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Nils Petter Gleditsch International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) & Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trond heim This book could hardly have happened but for the end of the Cold War. The decline of the East-West conflict has...
Environmental Technologies and Trends
International and Policy Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This manuscript was made possible by the exceptional support provided by INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquees) Toulouse, the University of New Mexico and the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering. The authors, as listed in this book, took the time to prepare excellent manuscripts...