Regional economic modelling; Environmental issues in regional economic modelling; Integrated environmental modelling; Outile of the study; Introduction to integrated environmental modelling: a survey and an evaluation; Integrated environmental models: a survey; Multi-objective o…
The extent, general characteristics, and carbon dynamics of U.S. grazing lands; Soil processes, plant processes, and carbon dynamics on U.S. grazing land; Managerial and environmental impacts on U.S. grazing land; Using computer simulation modeling to predict carbon sequestratio…
Changing practices in agriculture; Environment impact; Wastes characteristics; Biological process; Ponds and lagoons; Aerobic treatment; Anaerobic treatment; Utilization of agricultural wastes; Land disposal of wastes; Nitrogen control; Physical and chemical treatment; Managemen…
Agricultural production technologies. Case studies of environmental impacts of agricultural practices. Water and soil impacts. Air quality impacts. Noise and solid waste impacts. Comparison of emerging agricultural production technologies. Appendix A - glossary of key agricultur…
Trata-se do desenvolvimento de produtos sustentaveis a partir da fase de conscientizacao acerca da centralidade estrategica da sustentabilidade ambiental dos objetos industriais (AU).
General overview: an agenda for global environmental protection - minimizing environmental contamination problems - facing up to environmental chemical in society - risk assessment as a facilitator of cost-effective environmental management decisions; the nature of environmental…
Documentation and comparation methods to assess options for forest-based livelihoods and their outcomes. The contributions are based on the premise that livelihood and conservation goals can be best achieved by improving information flow about changes in the environment, and the…
Multinational corporations often exploit natural resources or locate factories in poor countries far from the demand for the products and profits that result. Developed countries also routinely dump hazardous materials and produce greenhouse gas emissions that have a disproporti…
This timely volume examines resistance to natural resource extraction from a critical ethnographic perspective. Using a range of case studies from North, Central and South America, Australia, and Central Asia, the contributors explore how and why resistance movements seek to cha…
