The Endangered Species ACT: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies
ISBN: 9781466507371 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The complex regulations of the Endangered Species Act established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can be challenging for environmental professionals who must comply with them or assist clients in compliance. This is true especially for those without a background in biology or ecology. The Endangered Species Act: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies discusses the Act using clear scientific prose that all professionals whose activities fit into the ESA compliance process can readily comprehend, including those with limited education in science. The book begins by...
The complex regulations of the Endangered Species Act established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can be challenging for environmental professio...
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508,67 zł |
Umwelt Und Sicherheit: Herausforderungen Für Die Internationale Politik
ISBN: 9783642720604 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltzerstorung, Ressourcenknappheit und gewaltsamen Konflikten? Globale Umweltveranderungen, wie der Klimawandel und der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels, Verknappung des Susswassers und fortschreitende Bodendegradation lassen zunehmend die aussen- und sicherheitspolitische Dimension der Umweltpolitik erkennen. Es sind vor allem schleichende und nur langfristig umkehrbare Entwicklungen, die ein entschiedenes politisches und gesellschaftliches Handeln erfordern.
Dieser Band vereint Beitrage namhafter deutschsprachiger Experten verschiedener wissenschaftlicher... Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltzerstorung, Ressourcenknappheit und gewaltsamen Konflikten? Globale Umweltveranderungen, wie der Klimawandel u...
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273,33 zł |
Environmental Hygiene III
ISBN: 9783642771149 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE III deals with the detection and evaluation of environmental pollutants as well as with their relevance to human health. Environmental components are important determinants of the health status of groups at risk and of the general population. The main objective is the early detection and identification of hazardous substances by physical, chemical and biological methods, risk assessment andprotection of human health. Faced with these problems the volume gives an overview on the mulifaceted aspects of environmental hygiene and medicine. Contributions include basic and...
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE III deals with the detection and evaluation of environmental pollutants as well as with their relevance to human health. Environ...
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389,98 zł |
Land Use Law for Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781107410480 / Angielski / Miękka / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 2007 book surveys the global experience to date in implementing land-use policies that move us further along the sustainable development continuum. The international community has long recognized the need to ensure ongoing and future development is conducted sustainably. While high-level commitments towards sustainable development such as those included in the Rio and Johannesburg Declarations are politically important, they are irrelevant if they are not translated into reality on the ground. This book includes chapters that discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land-use...
This 2007 book surveys the global experience to date in implementing land-use policies that move us further along the sustainable development continuu...
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167,83 zł |
Universal Design: Principles and Models
ISBN: 9781466505292 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the baby boom generation ages, it is crucial that designers understand all they can about bringing this group, as well as all others, design that will offer function, aesthetics, and quality of life. Full of examples and illustrated with pictures of good design, Universal Design: Principles and Models details how the principles of universal design (UD) can be used to evaluate all products and places. Universal design is ubiquitous; therefore good examples are essential to understanding. This book includes more than 50 case studies that demonstrate successful applications... As the baby boom generation ages, it is crucial that designers understand all they can about bringing this group, as well as all others, design tha... |
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1068,32 zł |
Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
ISBN: 9780199975501 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whether and how to protect our natural environment, energy policy, even patent law reform, universal health care, network neutrality regulation and the future of the Internet. Each of these involves a battle to control infrastructure resources, to establish the terms and conditions under which the public receives access, and to determine how the infrastructure and various dependent systems evolve over time. Infrastructure:...
Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whether an...
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240,00 zł |
Präventiver Grundwasser- und Bodenschutz: Europäische und nationale Vorgaben
ISBN: 9783642642531 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In diesem Band werden die aktuellen rechtlichen Vorgaben im Bereich des Grundwasser- und Bodenschutzes von der europ ischen Ebene bis zu den l nderrechtlichen Regelungen vorgestellt. Einer der Schwerpunkte ist das neue Bundesbodenschutzgesetz, das am 1.3.1999 in Kraft tritt. Es werden sowohl altlastenrelevante Fragestellungen als auch die Umsetzung der Regelungen auf kommunaler Ebene aufgegriffen. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt liegt beim Grundwasserschutz. Hier wird die EU-Grundwasserrichtlinie ebenso thematisiert wie die 6. Novelle des Wasserhaushaltsgesetzes und der Umgang mit wassergef hrdenden...
In diesem Band werden die aktuellen rechtlichen Vorgaben im Bereich des Grundwasser- und Bodenschutzes von der europ ischen Ebene bis zu den l nderrec...
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200,43 zł |
Die Produkt- Und Umwelthaftung: Im Rahmen Des Betrieblichen Risikomanagements
ISBN: 9783642645624 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Infolge der sich seit Beginn der 90er Jahre stetig versch rfenden gesetzlichen Regelungen stellt sich im Rahmen des Risikomanagements die Aufgabe teilweise neu zu bewertender Haftungsrisiken. Gem 1 des ProdHaftG haftet der Hersteller f r Rechtsgutverletzungen (Sach- oder Personensch den) infolge der Fehlerhaftigkeit (Sicherheitsmangel) eines Produkts. Das UmweltHG b rdet dagegen in 1 dem Anlageninhaber die Haftung auf, sofern von einer im Anhang 1 des UmweltHG genannten Anlage eine Umwelteinwirkung ausgeht, die eine Rechtsgutverletzung bewirkt. Unter Einbeziehung des seit 1996 geltenden...
Infolge der sich seit Beginn der 90er Jahre stetig versch rfenden gesetzlichen Regelungen stellt sich im Rahmen des Risikomanagements die Aufgabe teil...
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145,75 zł |
One Hundred Years of Water Wars in New Mexico, 1912-2012: A New Mexico Centennial History Series Book
ISBN: 9780865349025 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Water is the lifeblood of human existence. New Mexicos history provides a fascinating microcosm of the role water plays in the growth and development of a community. This book details many of the complex and messy fights, legal and otherwise, over precious water in a semiarid western state. Focusing on the past one hundred years constituting New Mexicos statehood, contributors describe the often convoluted and always intriguing stories that have shaped New Mexicos water past and that will, without doubt, influence its future history. Many of New Mexicos "movers and shakers" in the water...
Water is the lifeblood of human existence. New Mexicos history provides a fascinating microcosm of the role water plays in the growth and development ...
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115,46 zł |
American Environmentalism: Philosophy, History, and Public Policy
ISBN: 9781466559707 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Protecting the natural environment and promoting sustainability have become important objectives, but achieving such goals presents myriad challenges for even the most committed environmentalist. American Environmentalism: Philosophy, History, and Public Policy examines whether competing interests can be reconciled while developing consistent, coherent, effective public policy to regulate uses and protection of the natural environment without destroying the national economy. It then reviews a range of possible solutions. The book delves into key normative concepts that... Protecting the natural environment and promoting sustainability have become important objectives, but achieving such goals presents myriad challeng... |
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661,34 zł |
Experiential Legal Writing: Analysis, Process, and Documents
ISBN: 9780735509634 / Angielski / Miękka / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experiential Legal Writing: Analysis, Process, and Documents discusses the documents first-year law students are introduced to, including memos, briefs, and client letters, as well as documents that are used in upper-class courses, such as scholarly writing and pleadings. Based on the online legal writing materials available at TeachingLaw, this straightforward text is designed to be used either as an aid to instructors and students working in the electronic environment of TeachingLaw or on its own as a primary or supplementary textbook.
Covering the entirety of the writing... Experiential Legal Writing: Analysis, Process, and Documents discusses the documents first-year law students are introduced to, including memos...
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1001,90 zł |
The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability, and Risk Management: A Case Study of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area
ISBN: 9783642294693 / Angielski / Miękka / 111 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume argues that, on one hand, socio-economic disparities resulting from unsustainable urban development can increase vulnerability to natural hazards, and on the other hand, when paired with natural hazards this increased vulnerability can negatively affect urban areas, resulting in further inequality. It showcases this argument with theoretical reviews and quantitative analyses on the interplay between sustainable development and disaster vulnerability as well as an in-depth case study of the role of urban planning and risk management practices in creating the socio-economic and...
This volume argues that, on one hand, socio-economic disparities resulting from unsustainable urban development can increase vulnerability to natural ...
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194,97 zł |
Institutional Dynamics in Environmental Governance
ISBN: 9789048172771 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents fresh analyses of a number of well-known cases, but does so from one comprehensive view, the so-called policy arrangement approach. Cases discussed range over organic farming, integrated water management, nature policy, cultural heritage policy, integrated region-oriented policy, corporate environmental management and target group policy, always in search of the commonality of experience and conclusions to be drawn in understanding the past and in formulating future perspectives.
This book presents fresh analyses of a number of well-known cases, but does so from one comprehensive view, the so-called policy arrangement approa... |
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585,00 zł |
By-Catch Reduction in the World's Fisheries
ISBN: 9789048175284 / Angielski / Miękka / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With by-catch in fisheries becoming an ever more high-profile problem, this brilliant work could not be more timely. It contains contributions from the world s leading experts in by-catch reduction, who guide the reader through most aspects of the field. They examine the methodologies used to develop by-catch reduction techniques and provide new avenues for broadening such work. Case studies are provided that encompass most of the world s fishing techniques and regions."
With by-catch in fisheries becoming an ever more high-profile problem, this brilliant work could not be more timely. It contains contributions from... |
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585,00 zł |
Langfristig Sichere Deponien: Situation, Grundlagen, Realisierung
ISBN: 9783642637735 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 467 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Thema "Langfristig sichere Deponien" wurde bisher vorwiegend im Zusammenhang mit radioaktiven Abfallen diskutiert. Die Menge chemisch-toxischer Abfalle ist jedoch bis zu tausendmal grosser als die der radioaktiven Substanzen. Vor diesem Hintergrund behandelt das Buch die wissenschaftlich-technischen Moglichkeiten und Grenzen von Deponien fur alle Arten toxischer Abfalle. Danach sind langfristig sichere Deponien nur als Untertage-Deponien in der kontinentalen Erdkruste realisierbar. Ihre Sicherheit kann auf der Basis von Naturbeobachtungen verlasslich bewertet werden. Die...
Das Thema "Langfristig sichere Deponien" wurde bisher vorwiegend im Zusammenhang mit radioaktiven Abfallen diskutiert. Die Menge chemisch-toxis...
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291,54 zł |
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts
ISBN: 9780295998947 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" from Silent Spring. Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the... No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault... |
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478,20 zł |
Marine Genetic Resources, Access and Benefit Sharing: Legal and Biological Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415830553 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development. However, as this book shows, since its inception in 1992, implementation has encountered multiple challenges and obstacles. This is particularly so in the marine environment, where interest in genetic resources for pharmaceuticals and nutrients has increased. This is partly because of the lack of clarity of terminology, but also because of the terms of the comprehensive law of the sea... Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining bio... |
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712,22 zł |
Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach
ISBN: 9781466518018 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex material, Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach provides practical and working knowledge of how environmental policy analysis is developed. This is a true textbook, detailing the tools required to conduct that analysis and also discusses weaknesses in the existing methods, underlining areas for future improvement. This approach allows readers to get a sense of what is known and what is not known about environmental economics. The book discusses why we have environmental problems and how we... Rigorous, yet written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex material, Environmental Economics: An Integrated Approach provides ... |
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534,17 zł |
Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: A Casebook for Environmental Professionals
ISBN: 9781466584204 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: A Casebook for Environmental Professionals introduces a decision-making model constructed from the viewpoint that ethics are not about the way things are, but about the way things should be. The first part of the book covers natural human instincts, human attitude, treatment of other species and the natural world, and fundamental concepts in environmental decision making in the public policy arena. It also provides insight and specifics on how to develop an ethics culture in an organization as well as conduct an... Environmental Ethics and Sustainability: A Casebook for Environmental Professionals introduces a decision-making model constructed... |
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610,47 zł |
Legal Foundations of Environmental Planning: Textbook-Casebook and Materials on Environmental Law
ISBN: 9781412849272 / Angielski / Miękka / 585 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Planners and lawyers engaged in the formulation and implementation of plans affecting the environment should have a working knowledge of the legal principles affecting those plans. They should also be familiar with the principles of environmental law. However, environmental law has not been a traditional part of the curriculum of law schools. Many practicing lawyers have never taken a course in environmental law; nor have many of the judges charged with deciding cases whose outcome may have consequences for the environment. In the interest of counteracting this lack of knowledge, Legal...
Planners and lawyers engaged in the formulation and implementation of plans affecting the environment should have a working knowledge of the legal pri...
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289,93 zł |