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1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations. |
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Environmental Research Advances
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Environmental research advances series.
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Summary |
In this book, the authors discuss the management, legal issues and health aspects of environmental policy. Topics include health-care solid waste management in Vietnam; regulating the waste management industry in the EU; environmental policy tools to improve the management of marine and coastal zones in Italy; managing ecosystem services for human benefit; issues of importance in waterbird ecology, conservation and environmental policy; biogeographical change and environmental policy in the western greenbelt of Ottawa, Canada; upstream pollution, downstream competition and environmental policy. |
| Contents |
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. MANAGEMENT, LEGAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ASPECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: HEALTH-CARE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM: CURRENT STATUS AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; POLICIES, LEGISLATION, AND STRATEGIES POLICIES AND LEGISLATION; STATUS OF HEALTH-CARE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES IN VIETNAM; COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM; RECYCLING ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL ASPECTS; INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES; STRATEGIC ACTIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 2: REGULATING THE WASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY IN THE EUABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EU WASTE LEGISLATION; 3. MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS: NATIONAL POLICIES; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE AND COASTAL ZONES IN ITALY: THE SELF-FINANCING INSTRUMENTS; ABSTRACT; 1. BACKGROUND; 2. THE INTEGRATION PROCESS BETWEEN MPA AND ICZM; 3. THE FINANCING TOOLS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; 4. SELF-FINANCING TOOLS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 4: MANAGING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR HUMAN BENEFIT: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CHALLENGESABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND ITS LIMITATIONS; 3. ESTIMATES OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS; 4. FAILURES IN OPTIMALLY CONSERVING AND MANAGING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 5. DIFFICULTIES IN DETERMINING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND ALTERATIONS TO THESE; 6. PAYMENTS FOR SUPPLYING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 7. RESTORING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN CHINA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 5: A FRAMEWORK TO ASSIST FIRMS IN EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL RISKS ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THROUGHOUT THEIR SUPPLY CHAINABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. LITERATURE REVIEW; 3. METHODOLOGY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE IN WATERBIRD ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERBIRD ADAPTATION TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEMS OF WATERBIRDS WITH AEROPLANES; WATERBIRDS AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; THE IMPACTS OF GULLS ON OTHER SPECIES. |
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THE IMPACTS OF OTHER SPECIES ON GULLSTHE "ALLEE" EFFECT; THE STATUS OF WATERBIRD CONSERVATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE WESTERN GREENBELT OF OTTAWA, CANADA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHOD AND MATERIALS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: UPSTREAM POLLUTION, DOWNSTREAM COMPETITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MODEL; 3. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN SHORT RUN; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN LONG RUN AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Environmental policy -- Management.
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Environmental policy -- Health aspects.
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environmental policy. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
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Environmental policy. |
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Environmental policy -- Management. |
| Added Author |
Creighton, Erika.
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Danovich, Paul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Environmental policy 9781628084962 (DLC) 2013026967 (OCoLC)852224423 |
| ISBN |
9781628084979 (electronic bk.) |
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1628084979 (electronic bk.) |
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9781628084962 |
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1628084960 |
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