... al., 2006) Traditionally, research on adaptation to environmental change has been centred on the responses of different social entities to environmental stimuli Alternatively, the resilience ... addressed the special concerns of the world’s 38 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which were given an ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS opportunity to develop National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) Similarly, ... the traditional thought more closely This has significant policy and practical implications for ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 176 Collier et al developing, and particularly least developed, countries...
... AND J C J M VAN DEN BERGH2 Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ICREA, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Environmental Science and Technology & Department ... social and economic implications of the proposed budgets – on competitiveness, energy security, ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS The road ahead The initial work of the CCC was about setting targets, both ... targets Climatic Change, 75(1) 151 – 194 RCEP, 2000 Energy – the Changing Climate Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 22nd Report, June www.rcep.org.uk/energy.htm Smith, J B., Schellnhuber,...
... of the model needs to be adjusted to reflect increased risks Socio-economic developments, such as ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 214 Botzen and van den Bergh increased urbanization in hazard-prone areas, ... Netherlands under a range of climate change and socio-economic scenarios Source: Aerts et al (2008a) ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 3.2 Households' assessments of risk and behaviour 3.2.1 Individual risk perception ... change increases the need for resilience since it may lead to more disturbances of the human system ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 216 Botzen and van den Bergh due to an increased frequency and severity of...
... 19(2) 205 – 216 Freeman, P K and Kunreuther, H., 2003 Managing environmental risk through insurance The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2003/2004, H Folmer and T ... resilience and vulnerability to disasters: qualitative models and ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS megacities: a comparison with small towns Environmental Hazards, 8(1) 23 – 37 Priest, G L., 1996 The government, ... Applications Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto Tobin, G A., 1999 Sustainability and community resilience: the Holy Grail of natural hazards planning? Environmental Hazards,...
... enemy constructions, whereas compounded and structural problems (such as economic recessions or environmental problems) are less suitable for blame games and responsibility framing (Edelman, 1988) ... of many individuals’ (Beck, 2002, p 41) It should also be noted that the framing of the event as severe does not necessarily pose a threat to political actors but might well be an opportunity to ... crisis will be examined by applying the three dimensions pivotal to responsibility framing, i.e how severe is the crisis, how could it happen and who is responsible However, in contrast to previous...
... Communication Quarterly, 6(2) 165 – 186 Cox, R., 2007 Crisis disciplines: does environmental communication have an ethical duty? Environmental Communication, 1(1) – 20 Dear, P., 2006 The Intelligibility ... other actors’ framing The dynamics of this framing contest will probably look different in various ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS cultural settings In order to further develop the propositions above, additional ... terms of status and authority, the affected actors’ frame was equally powerful on an emotional ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 238 Olsson level in relating to fundamental values such as culture, identity...
... Health Perspectives 42 The developmental and environmental origins of disease hypothesis states that exposures to environmental toxicants and various environmental elements in utero or during the ... Reproductive Update, 2008, 14:59–72 •Foster WG et al Environmental contaminants and human infertility: hypothesis or cause for concern? Journal of Toxicol Environmental Health: Critical Review, 2008, ... health Exposures to different environmental contaminants may influence reproductive health status of the individual and its offspring, through the process of epigenetics Environmental toxins may potentially...
... environmental legislation and regulations • Specific procedures for identifying an organization’s (products/services/activities) environmental aspects, legal and other responsibilities, and environmental ... protection by ensuring that environmental factors are considered during the early planning process A comprehensive environmental planning process is defined, but it lacks an environmental system for ... taken to improve environmental quality There is at least the expectation that environmentally beneficial actions will be taken, and undertaken in a cyclical process of continual environmental improvement...
... 3:35 PM 16 ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2.4 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS Time, Endangered Earth, January 2, 1989, 26 Kennedy, R.F., Jr., The river reborn, Life, September, 1999, 65 U.S Environmental ... settlement, Chem & Eng News, June 27, 1994, Moran, E.F and Fleming-Moran, M., Global environmental change: the health and environmental implications in Brazil and the Amazon basin, Environ Sci., 4(Suppl.), ... and their role in prevention, N Engl J Med., 308, 424, 1983 13 U.S Environmental Protection Agency (U.S EPA) Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and Analysis,...
... Revist of Environmental Contamination Toxicology Vol 164, pp 93-147 Laurent, P & Perry, S.F (1991) Environmental effects on fish gill morphology physiology zoology Vol.64, pp 4-25 48 Environmental ... and indicate the occurrence of environmental quality or adverse ecological consequences (Kammenga et al., 2000) In Brazil there are few studies about impact of 36 Environmental Monitoring contaminants ... 'S and 48 ° 25' W This island is inserted in the Area of Environmental Protection Combú (Law 6.083 of 11.13.1997) This area undergoes severe impacts that modify water quality due to increased...
... Doniger, D (2001) Oil Companies, making record profits, seek Environmental Rollbacks, New York, Natural resources Defense Council, May Environmental Impacts of Production of Biodiesel and Its Use ... likely to result in accelerating environmental change in the future (Koh & Ghazoul, 2008) Despite the importance of this crop and increasing global concern for environmental change, surprisingly ... vehicle engines in parallel 13 Conclusion The refining, transport and combustion of biofuels have environmental costs, particularly on local water and air quality, and these impacts could rise considerably...
... in 2002-2007 by the environmental domains (Eurostat Data Navigation Tree) 31 Environmental Protection Expenditure in European Union Environmental expenditure in households Environmental protection ... of this chapter concerns Polish surveys of environmental protection expenditure in households Total environmental protection expenditure in UE Total environmental expenditure in 20071 costs European ... estimated Table Environmental protection expenditure in European Union, million euro (Eurostat Data Navigation Tree) 24 Environmental Management in Practice Fig The structure of environmental expenditure...
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... Interdisciplinarity in the environmental sciences: barriers and frontiers, Environmental Conservation, Vol 37, pp 464-477 Hogan, D J & Tolmasquim, M T (Eds.) (2001) Human dimensions of global environmental ... common strategy for integrative global environmental change research and outreach: the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), Strategy paper, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol.1, ... 20 International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change Geoghegan, J; Pritchard Jr., L; Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y.; Chowdhury, R.R.; Sanderson,...
... static loads to represent the effect of fluctuating loads which is applicable only to buildings which are not susceptible to dynamic excitation The standard permits equivalent static loads to ... Outline of procedure for calculating wind loads 1.6 Dynamic classification 1.7 Site exposure 1.8 Choice of method Section Standard method 2.1 Standard wind loads 2.2 Standard wind speeds 2.3 Standard ... being considered, as illustrated in Figure c) 2.1.3.6 Overall loads The overall load P on a building is taken as the sum of the loads on individual surfaces with allowances for non-simultaneous...
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