sustainability assessment Books
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Sustainable Assessment Method for Energy Systems
Sustainable Assessment Method for Energy Systems provides the reader with a new method for ...
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Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes
and environmental goods and services related to land use. It is thus a key to sustainable development of ...
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Climate and Land Degradation
assess sustainable land management practices, the climate resources and the risk of ...
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Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health
and sustainable development, ecosystem health assessment indicators are increasingly used across any ...
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AquaRating: Un estándar internacional para evaluar los servicios de agua y alcantarillado saneamiento
(IWA), has developed a rating system that assesses the performance of water and sanitation ...
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AquaRating: An international standard for assessing water and wastewater services
(IWA), has developed a rating system that assesses the performance of water and sanitation ...
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Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Energy Systems in China, The China Technology Program
There is no progress without access to energy and no energy use without supporting technology. Only one sixth of the earth's population has an easy access to sufficient energy. The other five sixth will increase their demand for energy in the future. The global environmental problems we face will increasingly affect our daily life. Adjust and fair price for energy is necessary for comparing the ...
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Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Energy Systems in China, The China Technology Program
There is no progress without access to energy and no energy use without supporting technology. Only one sixth of the earth's population has an easy access to sufficient energy. The other five sixth will increase their demand for energy in the future. The global environmental problems we face will increasingly affect our daily life. Adjust and fair price for energy is necessary for comparing the ...
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KfW Water Symposium 2009 - Financing Sanitation
practical action is required to encourage demand driven and sustainable solutions. With the ...
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Geographic Information Science and Mountain Geomorphology
Significant advances in geomatics and geomorphology are changing the way in which scientists study complex mountain environments. This book provides a critical treatment and evaluation of these recent developments. With the advent of advanced satellite sensors, high resolution satellite imagery and digital elevation, models now make possible quantitative analysis and modelling of the landscape. ...
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Environment and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Managing an Emerging Crisis
Introduction Preface Acknowledgements Section A Environment health and management issues.- 1 Characteristics of the food insecurity situation in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 2 Environment, migration, and food security in the Upper West Region of Ghana.- 3 Integrating food security and agri-environmental quality in Southern Africa: Implications for policy.- Section B Mining and Environment.- 4 ...
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Urban Pluvial and Coincidental Flooding
Pluvial flooding is defined as flooding that results from rainfall-generated overland flow, before the runoff enters any watercourse or sewer. It is usually associated with high intensity rainfall events (typically >30mm/h) but can also occur with lower intensity rainfall or melting snow where the ground is saturated, frozen, developed or otherwise has low permeability resulting in overland flow ...
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Water Sensitive Cities
Today’s urban water managers are faced with an unprecedented set of issues that call for a different approach to urban water management. These include the urgent changes needed to respond to climate change, population growth, growing resource constraints, and rapidly increasing global urbanization. Not only are these issues difficult to address, but they are facing us in an environment that is ...
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Challenging Perceptions in Land Condition
As cities and towns nationwide look for innovative ways to tackle the housing crisis, land condition professionals dedicate themselves to unlocking land that was otherwise written off for development. With an increasing drive for accessible green space, remediated sites now not only provide much needed space for housing, but the chance for green spaces in the heart of our cities. This edition of ...
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Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Landscapes
development. Tools are required to identify the effects of land management on landscape ...
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Ecosystems and Sustainable Development X
The Tenth International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development is the ...
By WIT Press
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ASTM International Standards for Sustainability in Building: 3rd Edition
that address the sustainable design, construction, and operation of products used in building. These ...
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