Environment Index
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Environment At A Glance Oecd Environmental Indicators
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2006-05-30
Environment At A Glance Oecd Environmental Indicators written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-30 with categories.
This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set.
Environment Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Environment Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Environmental health categories.
The Comparative Environment Index
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Author : Dan Osborn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Comparative Environment Index written by Dan Osborn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Environmental Indices
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Author : Herbert Inhaber
language : en
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Wiley
Release Date : 1976-03-22
Environmental Indices written by Herbert Inhaber and has been published by New York ; Toronto : Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976-03-22 with Science categories.
The Wellbeing Of Nations
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language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date :
The Wellbeing Of Nations written by and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Business & Economics categories.
Produced in collaboration with the leading international organizations involved with sustainable development, this work is a reference for development and environmental policy professionals, as well as for students and scholars in environmental studies and international studies.
Using The Right Environmental Indicators
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Author : Julie L. Hass
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Release Date : 2012-07
Using The Right Environmental Indicators written by Julie L. Hass and has been published by Nordic Council of Ministers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07 with Business & Economics categories.
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.
The Environment Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Environment Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Ecology categories.
Sustainability Indicators
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Author : Simon Bell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Sustainability Indicators written by Simon Bell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Architecture categories.
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.
Indicators Of Environmental Quality
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Author : William A. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Indicators Of Environmental Quality written by William A. Thomas and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ ment. Not all of our environmental goals should be reduced to mere numbers, but many of them can be; and without these quantitative terms, we have no way of defining our present position nor of selecting positions we wish to attain on any logically established scale of environmen tal values. Stated simply, in our zeal to measure our environment we often forget that masses of numbers describing a system are insufficient to understand it or to be used in selecting goals and priorities for expending our economic and human resources. Attempts at quantitatively describing environmental quality, rather than merely measuring different environmental variables, are relatively recent. This condensing of data into the optimum number of terms with maximum information content is a truly interdisciplinary challenge. When Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiated its Environmental Program in early 1970 under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the usefulness of environmental indicators in assessing the effects of technology was included as one of the initial areas for investigation. James L. Liverman, through his encouragement and firm belief that these indicators are indispensable if we are to resolve our complex environmental problems, deserves much of the credit for the publication of this book.
Sustainability Indicators
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Author : Tomás Hák
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2012-09-26
Sustainability Indicators written by Tomás Hák and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-26 with Science categories.
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.