Environmental planning / Rebecca D. Newton, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newton, Rebecca D.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management--Planning.

Environmental management.

Environmental protection--Planning.

Environmental protection.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents research data in the field of environmental planning including the strategic and tactical planning of supply chains; the links between environmental regulation and competitiveness; and, industrial ecology in the planning and management of industrial parks, incorporating environmental hazards mitigation into local land use planning.

Contents:

Intro

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLANNING OF SUPPLY CHAINS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONS PLANNING

2.1. Planning Drivers

2.1.1. Cost benefit analysis

2.1.2. Environmental metrics

2.2. Legislation Constraints and CO2 Trading

3. THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL

3.1. Supply Chain Design - Planning Model

3.2. Supply Chain - Environmental Model

3.3. Supply Chain - Economic Model

4. CASE STUDY: A SUPPLY CHAIN FOR MALEIC ANHYDRIDE

4.1.1. CO2 emission trading considerations

4.1.2. Product and raw material subsidies

5. CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTATION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: THE LINKS BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN ANDALUCÍA

1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND COMPETITIVENESS

1.1. Definitions and Measurements of Competitiveness

2. THE EFFECT OF WATER POLICIES ON COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE

3. THE CASE STUDY: THE EFFECT OF WATER POLICIES ON AGRICULTURE SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN ANDALUCIA

3.1. Objectives and Applied Methodology

3.2. Geographical Description

3.3. The Agriculture Sector and its Impacts on Environment

3.4. Water Resources

3.5 Water Policies and Competitiveness

CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 3: ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING THROUGH THE USE OF THE THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITY EXERGY

2. EXERGY

3. EXERGY AND ECOLOGY

3.1. Exergy-Based Ecological Indicators

3.2. Eco-Exergy and Emergy

3.3. Environmental Planning Based on Exergy and Ecology

4. EXERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

4.1. Exergy-Based Environmental Methods.

4.2. Environmental Planning using Exergy and Its Role as an Environmental Indicator

5. EXTENSIONS TO ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

6. APPLICATIONS OF EXERGY IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

6.1. Exergy and Ecology Applications

6.2. Exergy and Environment Applications

6.3. Contributions of Applications to Environmental Planning

7. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

8. CLOSING REMARKS

Acknowledgments

Chapter 4: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING INPUTS BY THE FOREST SECTOR: THE SCALE FACTOR, THE CONNECTION PLANNING-MANAGEMENT AND THE RELATIONS WITH OTHER PLANNING SECTORS IN ITALY

2. FOREST FACTS AS BACKGROUND

3. PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN ITALY: THE SCALE FACTOR

3.1. International Processes on Forest Planning and Its Definition

3.2. A Critical Analysis of Current Programming and Management Tools Adopted in Italy at Different Levels

4. ENVIRONMENTAL, LAND USE AND FOREST PLANNING TOOLS: MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP

5. FROM FOREST PLANNING TO MANAGEMENT: THE REAL EFFECT OF PLANNING TOOLS ON FOREST MANAGEMENT AS CURRENTLY APPLIED

6. NEW PERSPECTIVE IN FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

7. CONCLUSION

Chapter 5: OPERATIONS RESEARCH METHODS IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS

2. A SURVEY OF RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL MODELING FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

3. FORMULATION OF A MULTIOBJECTIVE MODEL IN CONTINUOUS VARIABLE

3.1. The Maximum Expected Return Problem

3.2. The Minimum Pollution Risk Problem with Environmental Constraints

3.3. The Minimum Pollution Risk Problem with Mean Type Environmental Constraints

3.4. Numerical Results

4. FORMULATION OF A MULTIOBJECTIVE MODEL IN DISCRETE VARIABLES

4.1. A Minimum Financial Risk Model

4.2. A Maximum Expected Return Model

4.3. Numerical Results.

5. FORMULATION OF A BINARY MULTIOBJECTIVE MODEL FOR CROP PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE

5.1. Loss Functions

5.2. Crop Planning Models for Sustainable Agriculture

5.3. Numerical Results

6. CONCLUSION

Chapter 6: POLICY ANALYTICAL CAPACITY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR: SURVEY RESULTS FROM CANADA

INTRODUCTION

EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CAPACITY

METHODS

WHO ARE PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSTS?

POLICY ANALYTICAL CAPACITY IN PRACTICE

CONCLUSION

WORKS CITED

Chapter 7: GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY

Public Participation in the Network Society

GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY

Public Participation in Society

Decision Making and Inclusion of the Public

The Network Society

Inter-Organizational Networks

Decision-Making in the Network Society

Governance of Networks

Co-Governance of Networks

Meta-Governance of Networks

Meta- Governance and Representative Democracy

Social Learning in the Network Society

The Facilitation of Social Learning in the Network Society

The Use of Public Participation Methodology in the Practice of Co-Governance and Meta-Governance

Characteristics of Lay Knowledge in Participatory Technology Assessment

Participatory Inquiry in the Development of Joint Deliberation and Co-Governance

Narrative Policy Analysis and the Network Society

Applying Joint Deliberation to Technological Developments

Chapter 8: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY IN THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PARKS

2. SUSTAINABILITY AND DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL PARKS

2.1. Sustainability Strategies Based on Industrial Ecology

2.2. The Concept of Sustainable Industrial Park (Eco-Industrial Park, EIP).

3. TYPES AND DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF EIPS

3.1. Local Scale

3.2. Regional Scale

3.3. Summary of Features Pursuant to the Geographical Scale

3.4. Development Situation at an International Level

4. ORGANISMS INVOLVED AND MANAGEMENT OF EIPS

4.1. Organisms Involved

4.2. Forms of Management

5. BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF EIPS

5.1. Benefits

5.2. Limitations

Chapter 9: DEVELOPING A DROUGHT PLANNING EVALUATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES

2. THE CURRENT STATE OF DROUGHT PLANNING

3. EVALUATION METHODS AND CRITERIA

3.1. Scoring

3.2. Evaluation Criteria

4. CASE STUDIES

5. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

6. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter 10: MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING: IDENTIFYING THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

2. MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING: FIVE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS

2.1. Adaptation

2.2. Ecosystem-Based Approach

2.3. Integration

2.4. Participation

2.5. Future-Orientation

3. A CLEAR LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR MSP

4. MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING: WHAT IS IT NOT?

Chapter 11: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR PARTICIPATORY LAND USE PLANNING IN AREAS AFFECTED BY DESERTIFICATION OF THE EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN REGION

METHODOLOGY

THE LUPIS SPATIAL DECISON SUPPORT SYSTEM

THE PLANNING EXERCISE

RESULTS

INDEX

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61761-023-2

OCLC:

793206719