Ecological Indicators For The Assessment Of The Quality Of Air Water Soil And Ecosystems
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Author | : E.P.H. Best |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 940096322X |
Papers presented at a Symposium held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, October 1982
Author | : E. P. H. Best |
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Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1983 |
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Author | : Daniel H. McKenzie |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461546591 |
Today environmental problems of unprecedented magnitude confront planet earth. The sobering fact is that a whole range of human activities is affecting our global environment as profoundly as the billions of years of evolution that preceded our tenure on Earth. The pressure on vital natural resources in the developing world and elsewhere is intense, and the destruction of tropical forests, wildlife habitat, and other irreplaceable resources, is alarming. Climate change, ozone depletion, loss of genetic diversity, and marine pollution are critical global environmental concerns. Their cumulative impact threatens to destroy the planet's natural resources. The need to address this situation is urgent. More than at any previous moment in history, nature and ecological systems are in human hands, dependent on human efforts. The earth is an interconnected and interdependent global ecosystem, and change in one part of the system often causes unexpected change in other parts. Atmospheric, oceanic, wetland, terrestrial and other ecological systems have a finite capacity to absorb the environmental degradation caused by human behavior. The need for an environmentally sound, sustainable economy to ease this degradation is evident and urgent. Policies designed to stimulate economic development by foregoing pollution controls both destroy the long-term economy and ravage the environment. Over the years, we have sometimes drawn artificial distinctions between the health of individuals and the health of ecosystems. But in the real world, those distinctions do not exist.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2000-05-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309068452 |
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 | : J. A. Bakkes |
Publisher | : UNEP/Earthprint |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Environmental indexes |
ISBN | : 9280714279 |
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Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Merchant marine |
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Author | : Robert H. Armon |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 1061 |
Release | : 2015-01-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401794995 |
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 | : Sven E. Jorgensen |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2005-01-27 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780203490181 |
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
Author | : Geneviève M. Carr |
Publisher | : UNEP/Earthprint |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789295039513 |
This document is intended to provide an overview of the major components of surface and ground water quality and how these relate to ecosystem and human health. Local, regional and global assessments of water quality monitoring data are used to illustrate key features of aquatic environments, and to demonstrate how human activities on the landscape can influence water quality in both positive and negative ways. Clear and concise background knowledge on water quality can serve to support other water assessments.
Author | : Claudia Cassatella |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2011-01-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 940070366X |
In recent years EU policy towards the ‘landscape’ has become better defined, whereas at the same time the notion of ‘landscape’ itself remains elusive. The need for indicators to evaluate and monitor the effects of landscape policies and plans is urgent. What is more, landscape is one of the components considered in environmental reporting, but unlike air, soil, or water, it is difficult to measure using quantitative methods. With studies on landscape indicators being as rare as they are, this volume is an attempt to fill the gap, dealing as it does with the definition and use of specific indicators for landscape assessment and monitoring. To tackle the diverse dimensions of the landscape (whose complexity is well known), the subject is approached by a multidisciplinary team of experts in landscape ecology, landscape history, landscape perception, regional planning, strategic environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment procedures, and multi-criteria assessment methods. Individual chapters include comparative assessments of studies conducted thus far in the EU, as well as detailed analyses of ecological, historical, perceptive, land-use, and economic ways of looking at landscape. As well as providing a rich source of references for researchers studying the landscape from a variety of perspectives, the book will be required reading for European officials involved at any level in planning or assessing the landscape or environment.