European Environmental Information Sourcebook

European Environmental Information Sourcebook
Author: Oksana Newman
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1994
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Covering the whole of Europe (including the former Russian states) this guide to sources of information on environmental issues includes data on: acid rain; alternative energy sources; food additives; pesticides; waste management; and water treatment. Full citations or contact details are provided for: publications (books, directories and periodicals); abstracting and indexing services; statistical sources; electronic sources (online databases, CD-ROMs); international, national and local organizations active in the environmental field; government bodies; pressure groups and more sources of environmental information.

Sourcebook on Environmental Law

Sourcebook on Environmental Law
Author: Maurice Sunkin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 978
Release: 2001-11-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135341273

Chapter 1 SOURCES AND PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- chapter THE SOURCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Environmental law: the international perspective -- chapter The sources of international environmental law -- chapter Customary international law General principles of international law -- chapter Judicial decisions and the writings of eminent publicists United Nations General Assembly Resolutions -- chapter Environmental law: European Community perspective -- chapter The institutions of the EC -- chapter Law-making by Community institutions -- chapter Voluntary agreements -- chapter Application of direct effect -- chapter Environmental directives with direct effect -- chapter The duty to interpret national law in the light of a directive: 'indirect effect' -- chapter The subsidiarity principle -- chapter The EC's Environmental Action Programmes -- chapter Statutes Delegated legislation Codes of Practice -- chapter Ministerial guidance Government White Papers Reports of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution -- chapter Select Committee reports The Environment Agency -- chapter PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW The relationship between principles Sustainable development -- chapter Preventive and precautionary principles -- chapter The principle of citizen participation and the right to a healthy environment -- chapter The principle of integration -- chapter Integrated pollution control -- chapter ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES: THE KEY INSTRUMENTS Defining the 'environment' and 'pollution of the environment' Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment 1972 -- chapter Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1992 -- chapter LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE International liability for environmental damage -- chapter European Community law -- chapter REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- chapter USEFUL WEBSITES -- chapter AIR AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION -- chapter Structure of the chapter AIR AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Customary international law -- chapter Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992 -- chapter Kyoto Protocol 1997 -- chapter Monitoring and Evaluation Protocol 1984 Sulphur Protocols 1985 and 1994 Nitrogen Oxides Protocol 1988 -- chapter Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol 1991 -- chapter Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 1985 and its Montreal Protocol 1987 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW -- chapter Sulphur in air -- chapter Lead in air -- chapter Vehicle emissions -- chapter Emissions from industrial plants -- chapter Towards a unified framework for EC air quality law and policy Air Quality Framework Directive 96/62 -- chapter CAFE -- chapter Local air quality management areas (AQMAs) -- chapter Road traffic pollution -- chapter Restricting the use of roads and traffic management -- chapter REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- chapter USEFUL WEBSITES -- chapter WATER AND MARINE POLLUTION -- chapter INTERNATIONAL LAW UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 -- chapter International legal regime for vessel-source marine oil pollution -- chapter MARPOL Convention 1973/78 -- chapter Measures controlling the release of substances into water -- chapter Titanium dioxide Measures protecting designated types of water -- chapter Bathing water -- chapter Urban waste water -- chapter The Water Framework Directive 00/60 -- chapter Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 1 All ER 53 -- chapter Water pollution legislation -- chapter Licences to abstract water Droughts -- chapter Ministerial Regulations - water quality classification and objectives -- chapter Anti-pollution works Prevention of pollution -- chapter Public registers Quality of water supplies -- chapter REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- chapter USEFUL WEBSITES -- chapter WASTE -- INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW RELATING TO WASTE -- chapter Dumping at sea -- chapter International trade in hazardous wastes and substances -- chapter Basel Convention 1989 -- chapter Bamako Convention 1991 -- chapter Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation 1999 -- chapter Directive on Waste 75/442 (WFD) (see p 389, below) -- chapter Directive on the Disposal of Waste Oils 75/439 -- chapter Council Regulation on the Shipment of Waste 259/93 -- chapter Directive on Sewage Sludge Directive 86/278 Directive on Packaging Waste Directive 94/62 -- chapter Directive on the Landfill of Waste 99/31 -- chapter Further developments -- chapter The statutory definition of 'waste' -- chapter Is the material capable of being waste? Has the material been discarded? -- chapter Not all discarded material will be waste -- chapter National Waste Strategy -- chapter Waste Strategy 2000 -- chapter The key messages of the strategy (Chapter 1) -- chapter The waste strategy summarised.

EU Environmental Law

EU Environmental Law
Author: Geert Van Calster
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782549188

EU Environmental Law discusses the reality for legal practice throughout the EU, as environmental law of the Member States is becoming ever less 'national'. Consequentially European environmental regulation is becoming more complex and interrelated, making it an emerging field of study for European law graduates, and an area of increasing exposure to the legal profession. This book gives readers a thorough overview of core European environmental law, with a section on the basic framework and principles, as well as on substantive law issues giving insight into the legislation in the different sectors and the most topical developments.

Environmental Design Sourcebook

Environmental Design Sourcebook
Author: William McLean
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2021-07-31
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 100040899X

How do we design in a climate emergency? A new social and ecological prerogative demands appropriate material choices, a re-invention of construction and evolving building programmes that look at lifecycle, embodied energy and energy use. Highly illustrated with practical information and simple explanations for design ideas, this book is the perfect introduction to sustainable design for architecture students. It presents key concepts in relation to the embodied energy of construction, material properties and environmental performance of buildings in an accessible way. In explaining the principles and technologies by which we heat, cool, moderate and mitigate, it demystifies environmental design as a technical exercise and enables students to create sustainable buildings with impact. Keep this sourcebook with you. Features: Amphibious House (Baca Architects), Ashen Cabin (HANNAH), Bunhill 2 Energy Centre (Ramboll, Cullinan Studio, McGurk Architects and Colloide), Cork House (Matthew Barnett Howland, Oliver Wilton and Dido Milne), Dymaxion House (Richard Buckminster Fuller), Eastgate Centre (Mick Pearce), Neuron Pod (Will Alsop – aLL Design and AKT II), Quik House (Adam Kalkin) and Tension Pavilion (StructureMode and Weber Industries). Covers: Acoustics, bamboo construction, biopolymer, bioremediation, CLT, climatic envelope, computational fluid dynamics, earthen architecture, fabric formwork, hempcrete, insulation, mycelium biofabrication, paper construction, passive solar heating, pneumatic structures, solar geometry, tensegrity structures, thermal mass and more.

The International Lead Trade

The International Lead Trade
Author: Vincent Rich
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2014-03-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857099949

The author has gathered information about all aspects of the industry and produced a concise review which covers everything from history and origins to future prospects. Written in six parts the book begins with a look at the scale and significance of the industry and goes on to illustrate the production process from mineralogy to production trends. Part three examines uses and consumption while part four looks at the industry organisation and structure including a study of trading patterns and arrangements. The fifth part surveys future prospects and the effect of pressing environmental concerns on market trends. The final part is an appendix of useful information and statistics.

Environmental Technologies Handbook

Environmental Technologies Handbook
Author: Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Publisher: Government Institutes
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780865879805

Environmental Technologies Handbook provides environmental, health and safety professionals with a straightforward, easy-to-use reference guide to new and emerging pollution prevention and control technologies that will help them to meet regulatory obligations, increase sustainability, and ensure social responsibility. An international array of experts explain emerging and proven technologies for multi-media pollution and how they work, allowing readers to evaluate and choose technologies based on their needs and the technologies' cost and labor requirements. This book focuses on recent technology successes, including gasification, pyrolysis, electrochemical processes, photocatalysis, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Readers will find extensive coverage of the concepts of risk assessment to environmental media and the impact of advanced concepts of dose-response exposures to risk reduction practices. They will also find an explanation of the methodology and computation methods available for life cycle costing analyses and proper environmental cost accounting.

New Environmental Policy Instruments in the European Union

New Environmental Policy Instruments in the European Union
Author: Ian Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351914987

The use of legislation by EU governments to define environmental standards for industry has been criticised for its poor track record in arresting the decline in the quality of Europe's environment. Environmental economists in particular have proposed that legislation should be supplemented or replaced by New Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs), such as eco-taxes, environmental charges, tradable permits and voluntary agreements. This book focuses on practical experiences with NEPIs in the EU and tests their application using the case study of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. It traces the ways in which member states have adapted NEPIs to suit their preferred styles of environmental policy, then assesses their performance and how NEPIs have both assisted and hindered the EU environmental programme. It suggests options for ensuring that the environmental programme does not become fragmented by the use of NEPIs and discusses the implications of EU enlargement.

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Strategic Environmental Assessment
Author: Barry Sadler
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2012
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1849772630

This unique sourcebook provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. It describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide, providing in-depth coverage of the status of SEA systems, and practice in developed, transitional and developing countries by a range of development agencies. The book draws on a large body of published and unpublished material, and contributions from a wide range of individual experts, organizations and agencies. It provides an unparalleled and invaluable understanding of the emerging scope and potential of SEA and describes how, when and where it is being used. The sourcebook includes a probing review of concepts, terminology, approaches and tools of SEA, and a comparative analysis of the different types of existing SEA systems. The volume also contains many case examples illustrating SEA practice in different countries and contexts, a full set of references and a number of appendices containing source materials.