Environmental policy : management, legal issues and health aspects / Erika Creighton and Paul Danovich, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Creighton, Erika.

Danovich, Paul.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental Research Advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Management.

Environmental policy--Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the authors discuss the management, legal issues and health aspects of environmental policy. Topics include health-care solid waste management in Vietnam; regulating the waste management industry in the EU; environmental policy tools to improve the management of marine and coastal zones in Italy; managing ecosystem services for human benefit; issues of importance in waterbird ecology, conservation and environmental policy; biogeographical change and environmental policy in the western greenbelt of Ottawa, Canada; upstream pollution, downstream competition and environmental policy

Contents:

""ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. MANAGEMENT, LEGAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ASPECTS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. MANAGEMENT, LEGAL ISSUES AND HEALTH ASPECTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HEALTH-CARE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM: CURRENT STATUS AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""POLICIES, LEGISLATION, AND STRATEGIES POLICIES AND LEGISLATION""; ""STATUS OF HEALTH-CARE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES IN VIETNAM""; ""COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION""; ""TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM""

""RECYCLING ACTIVITIES""""FINANCIAL ASPECTS""; ""INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES""; ""STRATEGIC ACTIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: REGULATING THE WASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY IN THE EU""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. EU WASTE LEGISLATION""; ""3. MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS: NATIONAL POLICIES""; ""4. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE AND COASTAL ZONES IN ITALY: THE SELF-FINANCING INSTRUMENTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. BACKGROUND""

""2. THE INTEGRATION PROCESS BETWEEN MPA AND ICZM""""3. THE FINANCING TOOLS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS""; ""4. SELF-FINANCING TOOLS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: MANAGING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR HUMAN BENEFIT: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CHALLENGES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND ITS LIMITATIONS""; ""3. ESTIMATES OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS""; ""4. FAILURES IN OPTIMALLY CONSERVING AND MANAGING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""

""5. DIFFICULTIES IN DETERMINING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND ALTERATIONS TO THESE""""6. PAYMENTS FOR SUPPLYING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES""; ""7. RESTORING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN CHINA""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: A FRAMEWORK TO ASSIST FIRMS IN EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL RISKS ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THROUGHOUT THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. LITERATURE REVIEW""; ""3. METHODOLOGY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 6: ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE IN WATERBIRD ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT""; ""WATERBIRD ADAPTATION TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT""; ""PROBLEMS OF WATERBIRDS WITH AEROPLANES""; ""WATERBIRDS AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH""; ""THE IMPACTS OF GULLS ON OTHER SPECIES""; ""THE IMPACTS OF OTHER SPECIES ON GULLS""; ""THE “ALLEE� EFFECT""; ""THE STATUS OF WATERBIRD CONSERVATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE WESTERN GREENBELT OF OTTAWA, CANADA""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 22, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-497-9

OCLC:

859157337