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Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood
CRC Press 2006; US$ 165.95Due to the extensive use of treated wood products throughout urban and agricultural communities, information concerning the environmental and health risks associated with treated wood is very much in demand. Responding to increasing need for a comprehensive and cohesive source on this topic, Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood compiles the latest... more...
Waste Sites as Biological Reactors
CRC Press 2002; US$ 219.95Providing detailed coverage of the biological, chemical, and physical characteristics of solid waste sites, this book describes the parameters required to understand, model and assess the capacity of a waste disposal site as an open biodegradation system, as well as considering all the options. more...
Implementing Environmental Management Accounting
Springer 2006; US$ 109.99This is the third book of selected papers on environmental management accounting (EMA) which has been developed by the Environmental Management Accounting Network - Europe (EMAN-Eu), drawn primarily from papers presented at EMAN-Eu conferences, to bring together several examples of leading thinking and practice internationally in this rapidly developing... more...
Offshore Wind Energy
Springer 2006; US$ 129.99Provides an overview of the ecological research for using wind energy in the German North and Baltic Seas as a part of series of research projects in the German Government's Investment Programme for the Future. This book aims to show the relevance of this research project for the planning and permission process for offshore wind energy plants. more...
Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects
World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 24.99This book advances the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental flows (water allocation) into integrated water resources management (IWRM). Based on an in-depth analysis of 17 global water policy, plan, and project case studies, it addresses the highly contested complexities of environmentally responsible water resources... more...
Theory and Practice of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment
BRILL 2007; US$ 199.00Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to ensure that potential adverse environmental effects of human activities are assessed before decisions on such activities are made. This book assesses thirteen systems of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (TEIA) that exist or are in development in different parts of the world. more...
Sectoral Approaches in Electricity
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 101.00Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO 2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in power demand is particularly high, fueling the risk of irreversible investment in CO 2 -intensive capacity, the so-called carbon lock-in. Sectoral Approaches in Electricity Building... more...
Sustainability, Environmental Performance and Disclosures
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 114.95Accounting as an academic discipline has not made any real strides in addressing social and environmental concerns facing this planet. Since the first volume of the series was published in 2000, there have been no changes in the focus of accounting and it is still taught and practiced in the same way. more...
Environmental Disclosure Practices and Financial Performance
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 123.00Understanding environmental liability and disclosure is critical for firm management, investors, accountants and auditors. The U.S. Congress has been increasing the pressure on companies to disclose information on environmental liabilities for years. This study delves into the issue by examining the impact of environmental disclosure on financial performance.... more...
Linkages between Agricultural Policies and Environmental Effects
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 70.00Improving the environmental performance of agriculture is a high priority for OECD countries. But measuring and evaluating the impact of agri-environmental policies on the environment can be challenging, as it requires linking economic and biophysical models in country-specific contexts. . The OECD has developed the Stylised Agri-environmental... more...









