environmental impact Articles
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Environmental sustainability assessments: towards a new framework
Definitions of the environmental dimension of sustainable development are usually general and the variety of impacts rarely considered. A correct representation of the full range of effects is necessary for an accurate and transparent environmental sustainability assessment. Environmental impacts and their characteristics are described through the concept of causal chains between a source and a ...
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The ecological antecedents of terrorism: a reply to Shrivastava
This article is a reply to the paper in this issue by Paul Shrivastava 'The ecological antecedents of terrorism'.Keywords: ecology, terrorism, war on terror, sustainability, Afghanistan, Somalia, Kashmir, sustainable development, environmental impact, economics, military ...
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Regulatory impact assessment and its evolution in Greece and Cyprus
During the recent years an increasing demand emerged to improve the existing law systems through procedures that support the standards of better regulation. Such processes are the regulatory impact assessment (RIA) systems through which researchers, administrators and decision/policy makers can assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of any given legislation. Every country ...
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Eco-Innovation: opportunities for advancing waste prevention
Eco-innovation concerns environment-informed and -driven improvements and innovations in products, services and processes that deliver more value to producers and/or consumers while progressively reducing net environmental impacts. A classification of approaches is proposed, and illustrated, in efficiency practices, design strategies and creativity templates. The efficiency practices, and to a ...
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National Occupational Standards for Environmental Monitors - Research Specialization NOS
Environmental monitors (EMs) are individuals who observe the environment and the impacts of human and industrial activities, and communicate this information to various stakeholders. In this way, they may help to mitigate negative environmental impacts. In addition to the Core document, which contains the core skills needed for all EM careers, there are two areas of specialization for EMs: ...
By ECO Canada
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National Occupational Standards for Environmental Monitors - CORE NOS
Environmental monitors (EMs) are individuals who observe the environment and the impacts of human and industrial activities, and communicate this information to various stakeholders. In this way, they may help to mitigate negative environmental impacts. In addition to this Core document, which contains the core skills needed for all EM careers, there are two areas of specialization for EMs: ...
By ECO Canada
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Modelling trade and environmental linkages in China
Interactions between trade and the environment have been studied extensively as a reaction to the pressure that the accelerated pace of globalisation has placed on environment and trade. Distinguishing itself from previous work, this study focuses on a modelling analysis of the interactions between trade and the environment in China. A non-linear simultaneous equation trade and environment model ...
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Transport, energy and environment in Italian research and policy-making
This paper provides a brief description on the way environmental problems have been conceived in transport planning and transport development studies in Italy. The paper provides the intrinsic characteristics of the studies analysed (data, applied methodology, theoretical assumptions), and the metacharacteristics, in terms of scientific innovation and the contribution to real ...
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National Occupational Standards for Environmental Monitors - Regulatory Specialization NOS
Environmental monitors (EMs) are individuals who observe the environment and the impacts of human and industrial activities, and communicate this information to various stakeholders. In this way, they may help to mitigate negative environmental impacts. In addition to the Core document, which contains the core skills needed for all EM careers, there are two areas of specialization for EMs: ...
By ECO Canada
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Pre–requisites to interdisciplinary research for climate change: lessons from a participatory action research process in Île–de–France
The complexity of climate change issues translates itself into a need for interdisciplinary approaches to first achieve a more comprehensive vision of climate change, and second to better inform the decision–making processes. However, it seems that willingness alone is rarely enough to implement interdisciplinarity. A participatory action research process undertaken within the Scientific ...
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World trade and the environment
This paper is the text of a speech given by the author at a recent conference. As the title implies, it discusses the relationship between economic activity and the environment, and emphasises that they are not incompatible. Indeed, a reduction in the former decreases the resources necessary to protect the latter. He concludes by arguing the case for flexibility in international standards, in ...
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Tourism and sustainability: the positive externality
The environmental impact of touristic production is different from that of other productions. Touristic services are produced the same as every other private good by profit maximising firms, but part of the production itself consists of environmental improvements. The naturalistic resource is somehow the core of any given touristic service because it 'is' the touristic good itself. The main goal ...
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Evaluating the level and nature of sustainable development of a mining operation: a new approach using the ideas of coupled environment?human systems
Sustainable mining is a key goal of the mining industry in order to address the associated impacts of mining. However, there have been challenges in implementing often confused and conflicting anthropocentric definitions of sustainable development. Consequently, this paper presents the application of a mathematical model of sustainable development to a quantitatively-based Environmental Impact ...
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Ganges basin: an example of social conflicts regarding water resources especially in developing countries
There are the issues of conflicts regarding water resources among the riparian countries. In this context, the Ganges River basin has been taken as a case study. Because of the unilateral withdrawal of Ganges water by India, Bangladesh is facing negatively induced socioeconomic and environmental impacts. On the other hand, people from the affected area of Bangladesh crossing the porous border of ...
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The environmental impact of economic activities: the case of the five economic macroregions of the State of Santa Catarina/Brazil
The different developments in each of the five Catarinian macro-regions have led the author to investigate if the regional differences can delay the economic growth of the State of Santa Catarina and how is the actual vegetal covering after this economic exploration. This case study delineates the economic basis and the regional differences through descriptive analysis of diagnosis. The results ...
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A multi-objective mathematical programming framework for a sustainability analysis of wastewater treatment processes
Industrial processes are gradually becoming more efficient as new designs consider the effect on costs and environmental impacts and costs. However, decisions on operating costs might not always be in hand with lower environmental impacts. Therefore, innovative approaches are needed to better understand and recognise the economic and environmental effects of industrial processes. This paper ...
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An emergy-based analysis of urban ecosystem health characteristics for Beijing city
As an embodied energetic equivalent for integrated ecological economic evaluation, emergy was used to assess and analyse the urban ecosystem health characteristics associated with energy and material flows. Emergy-based indicators were systematically established with respect to vigour, structure, resilience, ecosystem service maintenance and environmental impact as five fundamental aspects of ...
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Indicators and options towards sustainability in industrial areas
The industrial sector is traditionally considered as responsible for negative environmental impacts. Nowadays, sustainable strategies approach both in industrial areas and in individual small–and–medium sized enterprises plays a key role in regional economies, providing and fostering capacity, innovation and competitiveness in various fields, including energy, construction and environmental ...
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Beyond the throwaway society: A life cycle based assessment of the environmental benefit of reuse
In the context of circular economy, sustainable consumption is often seen as the antithesis of current consumption patterns, which have led to the definition of the so‐called “throwaway society”. Reuse may provide a preferred alternative to other waste management options, because it promotes resource efficiency and may significantly reduce environmental impacts. In order to appraise the ...
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Achieving sustainability through environmental innovation: the role of SMEs
In this paper, technological and managerial innovation are seen as the dual keys to achieving environmental sustainability. Much research on environmental sustainability has focused upon the role of large organisations. Traditionally, they have been perceived as major contributors to environmental degradation and their task is to find innovative solutions to minimise pollution. However, small and ...
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