Localización de Rellenos Sanitarios Mediante SIG

Localización de Rellenos Sanitarios Mediante SIG
Author: Carlos Alfonso Zafra Mejía
Publisher: Ewe Editorial Acad MIA Espa Ola
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 9783659045714

El crecimiento economico y acelerado desarrollo de las regiones han generado elevadas tasas de produccion de residuos solidos. Desechos que en numerosas localidades son dispuestos en lugares sin ningun tipo de medida tecnica y ambiental. En este libro de resultados de investigacion se presenta un desarrollo metodologico para la localizacion de rellenos sanitarios mediante la combinacion de sistemas de informacion geografica (SIG), con el proceso analitico jerarquico (PAJ) y el metodo de ponderacion aditiva simple (MPAS). La metodologia desarrollada fue aplicada a un caso regional colombiano. Dentro de las experiencias internacionales se incluyeron el metodo de las unidades geomorfologicas (UGMF) y una revision bibliografica de las metodologias que utilizan la tecnica de decision multicriterio (TDM). Se evaluaron tres escenarios de comparacion con respecto a la legislacion colombiana: metodo UGMF, revision bibliografica (TDM) y la metodologia propuesta."

The North American Mosaic

The North American Mosaic
Author: Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2001
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.

International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management

International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9251091870

The understanding that some pesticides are more hazardous than others is well established. Recognition of this is reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which was first published in 1975. The document classifies pesticides in one of five hazard classes according to their acute toxicity. In 2002, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was introduced, which in addition to acute toxicity also provides classification of chemicals according to their chronic health hazards and environmental hazards.

Cities of Tomorrow

Cities of Tomorrow
Author: Peter Hall
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1997-02-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780631199434

Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.

Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters

Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters
Author: Oliver Morgan
Publisher: Pan-American Health Organisation
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2006
Genre: Catastrophes naturelles
ISBN:

Dignified and proper management of the dead in disasters is fundamental to help the families know the fate of their relatives and mourn their dead. This manual is intended for use by those first on the scene following a disaster when no specialists are at hand. It provides basic guidance to manage the recovery, basic identification, storage and disposal of dead bodies following disasters, to ensure that no information is lost and that the dead are treated with respect. This field manual is the first ever to provide step-by-step guidance on how to recover and identify victims killed in disasters while duly considering the needs and rights of survivors. The book also provides practical annexes, including a Dead Body Identification Form, a Missing Persons Form, and a chart of sequential numbers for unique referencing of bodies.