Author: et al Nancy Lane (Editor)
Publisher: ASTM International
Keywords: environmental, special, technical, publication, vol, stp, astm, fate, risk, toxicology, assessment, recent, achievements, transport
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $121.00
ISBN-10: 0803128614
ISBN-13: 9780803128613

The latest volume in this ASTM series contains a unique collection of 18 peer-reviewed papers on recent achievements in environmental fate and transport. In addition to traditional issues, emphasis is placed on applying risk assessment principles to special environmental issues such as concerns associated with forest, logging and cultural considerations. Topics include: • Environmental Monitoring • Aquatic Toxicology • Risk Assessment • Measuring Cultural Impacts • Sediment Toxicology. This publication will be of interest to environmental toxicologists, risk assessors, ecologists, environ

Author: P.H. Nienhui
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: environmental, climate, coping, change, sea, rise, level, relations, evolving, rhine, history, meuse, delta, story, ecological, human
Number of Pages: 642
Published: 2008-05-21
List price: $219.00
ISBN-10: 1402082118
ISBN-13: 9781402082115

This book presents the environmental history of the Delta of the lowland rivers Rhine and Meuse, an ecological story on evolving human-environmental relations coping with climate change and sea-level rise. It offers a combination of in depth ecology and environmental history, dealing with exploitation of land and water, the use of everything nature provided, the development of fisheries and agriculture, changes in biodiversity of higher plants, fish, birds, mammals, and invasive exotics. The book is unique: it is the first book written in English on the integrated environmental history of the

Author: Oran R. Young
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: environmental, strategies, accord, sustainability, institutional, innovation, global, behavioral, regimes, international, causal, connections, effectiveness, mechanisms
Number of Pages: 342
Published: 1999-07-02
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0262740230
ISBN-13: 9780262740234

To be effective, an international regime must play a significant role in solving or at least managing the problem that led to its creation. But because regimes--social institutions composed of roles, rules, and relationships--are not actors in their own right, they can succeed only by influencing the behavior of their members or actors operating under their members’ jurisdiction.This book examines how regimes influence the behavior of their members and those associated with them. It iden

Authors:Graham Merrington, Dr Linton Winder Nfa, R. Parkinso
Publisher: Spon Press
Keywords: environmental, science, engineering, spon, series, practical, pollution, problems, agricultural, solutions
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2002-10-18
List price: $73.99
ISBN-10: 0419213902
ISBN-13: 9780419213901

This is a well illustrated and fully-referenced introduction to the main contemporary agricultural pollution issues in the UK. It provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the environmental pollution caused by agriculture and offers a clear scientific and technical understanding of the most important sources of agricultural pollution.

Authors:Marcel Boyer, Yolande Hiriart, David Martimort,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: economics, environmental, ashgate, natural, resource, studies, liability, regulation, frontiers
Number of Pages: 347
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0754642089
ISBN-13: 9780754642084

Industrial and environmental accidents are seldom far from the headlines in any part of the globe. Yet what factors determine their occurrence and is there a pattern to their distribution? This book brings these key questions into focus by examining three critical aspects of the topic: the belief formation vis-a-vis risk or misconduct; the design of legal sanctions; and the effects of risk regulation and liability rules on business and on the supply of finance. The book as a whole offers real insights into the institutional and incentive constraints faced by the major players involved in the p

Authors:David G. Victor, Kal Raustiala, Eugene B. Skolnik
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: environmental, strategies, accord, sustainability, global, institutional, innovation, practice, effectiveness, international, commitments, theory, implementation
Number of Pages: 686
Published: 1998-04-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0262220571
ISBN-13: 9780262220576

Because environmental problems do not respect borders, their solutions often require co-operation among states. The contributors to this book examine how international environmental agreements are put into practice. Their main concern is effectiveness - the degree to which such agreements lead to changes in behaviour that help to solve environmental problems. Their focus is on implementation - the process that turns commitments into action, at both domestic and international levels. The book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses at international level systems for implementation r

Authors:Edith Brown Weiss, Harold K. Jacobson,
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: environmental, accord, strategies, sustainability, innovation, institutional, global, accords, countries, strengthening, compliance, international, engaging
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2000-07-31
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0262731320
ISBN-13: 9780262731324

This study systematically examines how states implement and comply with international environmental accords. The culmination of a massive theoretically based empirical research project, it shows how and why implementation and compliance vary among countries and treaties and change over time. It also analyzes the factors that affect the extent of compliance and offers prescriptions for strengthening national compliance with international accords. The book focuses on compliance in eight countries (Brazil, Cameroon, China, Hungary, India, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United States) a