Environmental Indices
Author | : Wayne R. Ott |
Publisher | : Ann Arbor Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Wayne R. Ott |
Publisher | : Ann Arbor Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Yuri A. Pykh |
Publisher | : EOLSS Publications |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2000-09-19 |
Genre | : Environmental indicators |
ISBN | : 0953494403 |
Environmental Indices: Systems Analysis Approach examines the theoretical development of environmental indices and their practical application. Indicators can be powerful tools in guiding data and information collection processes, and careful development will lead to more focused and cost-effective global monitoring and observing systems at international level. The authorship is drawn from a group of internationally distinguished scientists and researches who are actively working towards a comprehensive set of tools and protocols such as simulation models, fuzzy clustering analysis and GIS methodologies that will lead to the development of meaningful environmental indices. This book will be a vital reference work for students, teachers and researches, together with policy makers, planners and all professional involved in development programs.
Author | : Herbert Inhaber |
Publisher | : New York ; Toronto : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. A. Bakkes |
Publisher | : UNEP/Earthprint |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Environmental indexes |
ISBN | : 9280714279 |
Author | : Wayne R. Ott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Water quality |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Julie L. Hass |
Publisher | : Nordic Council of Ministers |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2012-07-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 928932371X |
Finding and using indicators that are most suited for tracking progress, raising awareness and supporting analysis is a challenge. Indicators need to be used in appropriate contexts and should ideally be fit-for-purpose. For example, indicators which are best used for awareness-raising cannot be used for monitoring policy goals. This report presents a short review of different indicators typically encountered by environmental policy makers. General advice is provided regarding their uses. In the second part of the report, an overview of the environmental-economic accounting work of the Nordic statistical institutes is presented. Lessons learned from the development of these accounts as well as ideas for future work are described. These types of environmental accounts provide a framework for developing information about the connections between the economy and the environment. The study was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers and conducted by the national statistical agencies in the Nordic countries, led by Statistics Norway and Statistics Sweden.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 1998-07-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264163204 |
This publication presents leading environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set and thus contributes to measuring environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.
Author | : William A. Thomas |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-03-09 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1468416987 |
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ ment. Not all of our environmental goals should be reduced to mere numbers, but many of them can be; and without these quantitative terms, we have no way of defining our present position nor of selecting positions we wish to attain on any logically established scale of environmen tal values. Stated simply, in our zeal to measure our environment we often forget that masses of numbers describing a system are insufficient to understand it or to be used in selecting goals and priorities for expending our economic and human resources. Attempts at quantitatively describing environmental quality, rather than merely measuring different environmental variables, are relatively recent. This condensing of data into the optimum number of terms with maximum information content is a truly interdisciplinary challenge. When Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiated its Environmental Program in early 1970 under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the usefulness of environmental indicators in assessing the effects of technology was included as one of the initial areas for investigation. James L. Liverman, through his encouragement and firm belief that these indicators are indispensable if we are to resolve our complex environmental problems, deserves much of the credit for the publication of this book.
Author | : Oran R. Young |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780262740234 |
This book examines how regimes influence the behavior of their members and those associated with them.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2006-05-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264012192 |
This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set.