Environmental Indicators

Author : Tomás Hák,Bedrich Moldan,Arthur Lyon Dahl
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597266284

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Sustainability Indicators by Tomás Hák,Bedrich Moldan,Arthur Lyon Dahl Pdf

While the concept of sustainability has been widely embraced, it has been only vaguely defined and is exceedingly difficult to measure. Sustainability indicators are critical to making the broad concept of sustainability operational by providing specific measures by which decision makers and the public can judge progress. Sustainability Indicators defines the present state of the art in indicator development. It presents a comprehensive assessment of the science behind various indicators, while placing special emphasis on their use as communications tools. The contributors draw on their experience as academics and practitioners to describe the conceptual challenges to measuring something as complex as sustainability at local, regional, national, and global scales. The book also reviews existing indicators to assess how they could be better employed, considering which indicators are overused and which have been underutilized. Sustainability Indicators will help planners and policy makers find indicators that are ready for application and relevant to their needs, and will help researchers identify the unresolved issues where progress is most urgently needed. All readers will find advice as to the most effective ways to use indicators to support decision making.

Author : Robert H. Armon,Osmo Hänninen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401794992

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Environmental Indicators by Robert H. Armon,Osmo Hänninen Pdf

Environmental indicators are the first line of warning against hazards caused by humans or nature catastrophes to prevent diseases and death of living organisms. The present book covers a large variety of environmental indicators from physical-chemistry through economical, bioinformatics, electromagnetic irradiation and health aspects, all dealing with environmental pollution. This volume has been intended to environmentalists, engineers, scientists and policy makers as well to anybody interested in the latest development in the indicator field.

Author : Bernd Lottermoser
Publisher : Springer
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319427317

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Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining by Bernd Lottermoser Pdf

This book represents an important new contribution to the literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Its timely content has been prepared by several experts from around the world and its practical format addresses the major environmental predictive techniques required for the extraction and processing of metal resources. Packed with reviews and case studies, it covers current methods used to forecast environmental effects of metal mining.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264012196

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Environment at a Glance OECD Environmental Indicators by OECD Pdf

This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264188556

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Environmental Indicators for Agriculture Methods and Results Volume 3 by OECD Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive study to review and take stock in OECD countries of progress in developing indicators to measure the environmental performance of agriculture.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264163201

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Towards Sustainable Development Environmental Indicators by OECD Pdf

This publication presents leading environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set and thus contributes to measuring environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.

Author : J. A. Bakkes
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Environmental indexes
ISBN : 9789280714272

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An Overview of Environmental Indicators by J. A. Bakkes Pdf

Author : Julie L. Hass,Nordisk Ministerråd
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789289323710

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Using the Right Environmental Indicators by Julie L. Hass,Nordisk Ministerråd Pdf

Finding and using indicators that are most suited for tracking progress, raising awareness and supporting analysis is a challenge. Indicators need to be used in appropriate contexts and should ideally be fit-for-purpose. For example, indicators which are best used for awareness-raising cannot be used for monitoring policy goals. This report presents a short review of different indicators typically encountered by environmental policy makers. General advice is provided regarding their uses. In the second part of the report, an overview of the environmental-economic accounting work of the Nordic statistical institutes is presented. Lessons learned from the development of these accounts as well as ideas for future work are described. These types of environmental accounts provide a framework for developing information about the connections between the economy and the environment. The study was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers and conducted by the national statistical agencies in the Nordic countries, led by Statistics Norway and Statistics Sweden.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9280726838

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Environmental Indicators for North America by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

Although the environment of North America is not dissected by political borders, Canada and the United States often measure environmental conditions and report on them using different indicators. This report examines the environmental indicators used by both nations, and based on analysis of current research into common methodologies used in national, regional and global environmental reporting, it goes on to draw lessons for the development of bilateral indicators to cover the North American region.

Author : Michael John Wilson,Thomais Kakouli-Duarte
Publisher : CABI
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781845933852

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Nematodes as Environmental Indicators by Michael John Wilson,Thomais Kakouli-Duarte Pdf

Nematodes are the most wide spread multicellular animals in nature and analysis of nematodes in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments as well as their role and function in ecosystems, can be used for environmental monitoring. Compared to other organisms, they offer the greatest potential as bioindicators and can be used to study gene expression in relation to environmental challenges, to monitor changing impacts on the environment and in laboratory ecotoxicity tests. This volume addresses classical and molecular approaches to nematode community analysis, the contemporary field of nematodes as biosensors, as well as genomic aspects of nematode bioindicators. In addition, the case studies stress the importance of these bioindicators and demonstrate the commercial potential of these technologies.

Author : National Research Council,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309068451

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Ecological Indicators for the Nation by National Research Council,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments Pdf

Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists' attention and often make the headlines. Equally important to policymaking are indicators of the ecological processes and conditions that yield food, fiber, building materials and ecological "services" such as water purification and recreation. This book identifies ecological indicators that can support U.S. policymaking and also be adapted to decisions at the regional and local levels. The committee describes indicators of land cover and productivity, species diversity, and other key ecological processesâ€"explaining why each indicator is useful, what models support the indicator, what the measured values will mean, how the relevant data are gathered, how data collection might be improved, and what effects emerging technologies are likely to have on the measurements. The committee reviews how it arrived at its recommendations and explores how the indicators can contribute to policymaking. Also included are interesting details on paleoecology, satellite imagery, species diversity, and other aspects of ecological assessment. Federal, state, and local decision-makers, as well as environmental scientists and practitioners, will be especially interested in this new book.

Author : Simon Bell,Stephen Morse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136556012

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Sustainability Indicators by Simon Bell,Stephen Morse Pdf

Praise for the first edition: 'This book should be of interest to anyone interested in sustainable development, and especially sustainability indicators. Bell and Morse easily succeed in exposing the fundamental paradoxes of these concepts and, more importantly, they offer us a way forward. Readers ... will find their practical recommendations for those attempting to do sustainability analysis in the field most welcome, which is also the book's greatest strength.' Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 'This book makes a valuable contribution to the theory and practice of using indicators for sustainability. It introduces systems ideas and a range of tools and techniques that have the potential to broaden and deepen our understanding of a whole range of complex situations. Well worth a closer look.' Christine Blackmore, Open University 'This is a book that explores new ways of thinking about how to measure sustainability... It offers stimulating food for thought for environmental educators and researchers.' Environmental Education Research 'This book tells me, as an SI 'practitioner', where I have been and why, and more importantly how I should be thinking in order to effectively present to and empower the local community in the years ahead.' David Ellis, Principal Pollution Monitoring Officer, Norwich City Council 'A practical guide to the development of sustainability indicators which offers a systemic and participative way to use them at local scale. Our preliminary results are highly positive and the approach is applicable in many contexts.' Elisabeth Coudert, Programme Officer Prospective and Regional Development, Blue Plan The groundbreaking first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. In the new edition the authors bring the literature up to date and show that the basic requirement for a systemic approach is now well grounded in the evidence. They examine the origins and development of Systemic Sustainability Analysis (SSA) as a theoretical approach to sustainability which has been developed in practice in a number of countries on an array of projects since the first edition. They look at how SSA has evolved into the practical approaches of Systemic Prospective Sustainability Analysis (SPSA) and IMAGINE, and, in particular, how a wide range of participatory methodologies have been adopted over the years. They also provide an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of projects that undertake work in the general field of sustainable development.

Author : Ali Dada,Katarina Stanoevska,Jorge Marx Gómez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642327209

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Organizations’ Environmental Performance Indicators by Ali Dada,Katarina Stanoevska,Jorge Marx Gómez Pdf

The book provides a collection of individual chapters from the participants in the OEPI project, which represent a mix of academic and practical chapters and contributions. The first part of the book is dedicated to a theoretical introduction to Organisations' Environmental Performance Indicators and to a state-of-the-art overview in literature and practice. The second part of the book contains several chapters describing information systems and their components supporting the management of Environmental Performance Indicators, especially in inter-organizational contexts. The third part is dedicated to three case studies from practice, and the book concludes with part four, in which practical guidelines for the innovative management of Environmental Performance indicators in organizations and in inter-organizational contexts are presented.

Author : Arthur Hermans
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Air quality
ISBN : 1628082593

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Air Quality by Arthur Hermans Pdf

This book discusses the environmental indicators, monitoring and health implications of air quality. Topics in this compilation include the application of a Mars-based regression model to the air quality study in Northern Spain; microbial air sampling; the impact of air pollution from the mining-metallurgical complex on the content of total sulphur in plant material and soil; ecotoxicity assessment of traffic-related airborne pollution; and air quality in occupied school buildings spaces in the south of Portugal.

Author : Sven E. Jorgensen,Fu-Liu Xu,Robert Costanza
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0203490185

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Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health by Sven E. Jorgensen,Fu-Liu Xu,Robert Costanza Pdf

The field of ecosystem health explores the interactions between natural systems, human health, and social organization. As decision makers require a sound, modular approach to environmental management and sustainable development, ecosystem health assessment indicators are increasingly used across any number of applications. The Handbook of Ecologic