This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis.

These three volumes feature research and practical applications in the field of environmental management. Spanning the main aspects of environmental management - instruments, compartments, sectors and ecosystems, this work contains over 60 contributions from specialists in each field. This volume focuses on the instruments and tools currently available to the environmental manager. The second volume (Compartments, Stressors and Sectors) deals with the problems that occur in the three compartments of the environment: air, water and soil. The third volume (Managing the Ecosystem) focuses on...

These three comprehensive volumes contain the most up-to-date research and practical applications in the field. Spanning the main aspects of environmental management instruments compartments, sectors and ecosystems, this work contains over sixty contributions from leading specialists in each field and offers the first major source of contemporary international research and practical application of environemntal management
Volume 1: Instruments for Environmental Management, focuses on the instruments and tools currently available to the environmental manager. September 1998: 246x189:...

The Johannesburg Earth Summit, which took place in the summer of 2002, confirmed the irreversible nature of the process that is founded upon the concept of Sustainable Development initially given form at Rio de Janeiro ten years earlier. This process is to be welcomed, while at the same time recognising the tremendous work that has taken place in converting this concept into a more concrete vision. The Sustainable Development concept relates to every human activity, covering the social, economic and ecological dimensions, which are often in conflict. Consequently, it is most important to...

This chapter introduces key themes from the book, reflecting the topics of the 'Awareness of the Health Impacts of Waste Management Policies' Seminar, in Kos, Greece. November, 1998. The waste management and health scene is introduced by an outline of concems relating to persistent organic pollutants, as well as through perspectives from Less Developed Countries and from industry. An overview of policy lines for waste management includes an assessment of recent proposals by the European Commission, as well as selected examples from European countries and the USA. Descriptions of developments...

During recent decades, millions of tonnes of man-made chemicals have been produced and released into the environment, with very little safety testing. Many of these chemical substances have been found to interfere with the endocrine system and modulate its function. This book not only overviews the effects of endocrine/disrupting substances on human health, but also addresses the regulatory problems from the point of view of international organisations, including the WHO, the EU, and the European Chlorine Industry.
This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held at the...