Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada

Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada
Author: Brian B. Wilks
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780802088116

Wilks provides a historical background, list of publications, and description of activities for most of the major science initiatives undertaken at the federal level. He surveys a wide range of government documents and monographic and serial science collections used by both faculty and students.

Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment

Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment
Author: Wun-cheng Wang
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1996
Genre: Biodegradation
ISBN: 0803120486

Papers delivered at the symposium of the same name, April 1994, by speakers from seven nations. Twenty presentations are arranged under six topics: regulation and assessment, air quality, environmental fate, environmental measurement, environmental monitoring, and control and remediation. A sampling

Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy

Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy
Author: Ross McKitrick
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1442642262

The relationship between economic growth and the environment is at the forefront of public attention and poses serious challenges for policymakers around the world. Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, provides a rigorous and thorough explanation of modern environmental economics, applying this exposition to contemporary issues and policy analysis. Opening with a discussion of contemporary pollution problems, institutional players and the main policy instruments at our disposal, Ross McKitrick develops core theories of environmental valuation and optimal control of pollution. Chapters that follow cover issues like tradable permits, regulatory standards, emission taxes, and polluter liability as well as advanced topics like trade and the environment, sustainability, risk, inequality, and self-monitoring. Throughout, McKitrick uses clear, intuitive, and coherent analytical tools, so that students, academics, and practitioners can develop their policy analysis skills while comprehending the debates and challenges at the frontier of this exciting and rapidly-developing field.

Environmental Effects of Mining

Environmental Effects of Mining
Author: RobertE. Redmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351450646

Research funded by the Centre for Resource Studies,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

The State of Canada's Environment

The State of Canada's Environment
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1991
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

Second national state-of-the-environment report, addressing the questions of what is happening in Canada's environment, why it is happening, why it is significant, and what Canadians are doing about it. The report is divided into five parts, dealing with perceptions of the environment and the dangers inherent in our tendency to look at the world in terms of human economic models; exploring the state of particular environmental components and the major sectors of human activity; describing six regional case studies; addressing six important environmental issues; and discussing the concept of sustainable development and its implications for Canada's future.

Environmental Effects of Mining

Environmental Effects of Mining
Author: Earle A. Ripley
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1995-08-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781884015762

Research funded by the Centre for Resource Studies,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada