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Environmental assessment : a practical guide / by Fortlage, C. A.

Education and the environment : creating standards-based programs in schools and districts / by Lieberman, Gerald A.

Table of Contents: “…Part One: Introducing environment-based education -- Why the environment belongs in today's classrooms -- Standards and the making of EBE -- The benefits of EBE -- Implementing EBE in a school, district, or state -- Part Two: Creating and implementing an EBE program -- Planning for success -- Choosing an environmental context -- Connecting standards to an environmental context -- EBE instructional materials and resources -- Student assessment and program evaluation -- Appendix A: California's environmental principles and concepts -- Appendix B: Summary of the EBE research data -- Appendix C: Types of support that stakeholders and partners can provide -- Appendix D: Examples of EBE community partners.…”
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Global environmental outlook 2000

Table of Contents: “…The overall perspective. State of the environment: major global environmental issues; major environmental issues by region (Africa, Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, West Asia, the Polar areas). …”

Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms.

Subjects: “…Environmental risk assessment Pondicherry…”

Introduction to environmental impact assessment / by Glasson, John, 1946-

Assessing impact : handbook of EIA and SEA follow-up

Introduction to environmental impact assessment / by Glasson, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the fifth edition; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Principles and procedures; 1 Introduction and principles; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The nature of environmental impact assessment; 1.2.1 Definitions; 1.2.2 Environmental impact assessment: a process; 1.2.3 Environmental impact statements: the documentation; 1.3 The purposes of environmental impact assessment; 1.3.1 An aid to decision-making; 1.3.2 An aid to the formulation of development actions 1.3.3 A vehicle for stakeholder consultation and participation1.3.4 An instrument for sustainable development; The nature of sustainable development; Institutional responses to sustainable development; 1.4 Projects, environment and impacts; 1.4.1 The nature of major projects; 1.4.2 Dimensions of the environment; 1.4.3 The nature of impacts; 1.5 Key participants in the EIA process; 1.6 Evolving perspectives on EIA; 1.6.1 EIA in its theoretical context; 1.6.2 The importance of adaptive EIA; 1.6.3 EIA in a rapidly growing impact assessment (IA) family; Scope; Scale; Integration 1.7 Current issues in environmental impact assessment1.7.1 The nature of methods of assessment; 1.7.2 The relative roles of participants in the process; 1.7.3 The quality and effectiveness of EIA; 1.7.4 The quality, efficiency and proportionate nature of the EIA process; 1.7.5 Beyond the decision; 1.7.6 Managing the widening scope and complexity of IA activity; 1.8 An outline of subsequent parts and chapters; Some questions; References; 2 US origins and worldwide development; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The National Environmental Policy Act and subsequent US systems; 2.2.1 Legislative history 2.2.2 An interpretation of NEPA2.2.3 A summary of NEPA procedures; 2.2.4 Recent trends in EIS activity; 2.2.5 Little NEPAs and the case of California; 2.3 NEPA critique, review and changes; 2.3.1 Strengths and weaknesses; 2.3.2 System review; 2.3.3 Important amendments; 2.3.4 Streamlining, synchronizing and integrating; 2.4 The worldwide spread of EIA; 2.4.1 Rapid evolution of EIA systems worldwide; 2.4.2 System variations and trends; 2.5 International bodies and EIA procedures; 2.6 Summary; Some questions; Notes; References; 3 EU and UK agency and legislative contexts; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 EC Directive 85/3373.2.1 Legislative history; 3.2.2 Summary of EC Directive 85/337 procedures; 3.3 EC Directive ongoing issues and reviews; 3.3.1 Divergent practice in a converging system?…”

Taking stock of environmental assessment : law, policy and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Taking stock / Donald McGillivray and Jane Holder -- Environmental assessment : dominant or dormant? / Carys Jones, Stephen Jay, Paul Slinn, and Christopher Wood -- NEPA and the curious evolution of environmental impact assessment in the United States / Bradley C. …”
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Human exposure assessment

Subjects: “…Environmental health…”

Methods of environmental and social impact assessment /

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction 2 Water 3 Soils, land and geology 4 Air 5 Climate and climate change 6 Ecology 7 Coastal ecology and geomorphology 8 Ecosystem services 9 Noise 10 Transport 11 Landscape and visual 12 Cultural heritage 13 Socio-economic impacts 1: Overview and economic impacts 14 Socio-economic impacts 2: Social impacts 15 Land acquisition, resettlement and livelihoods 16 Health 17 Resource efficiency 18 Risk and risk assessment 19 Cumulative effects 20 Environmental and social management plans…”

Neurotoxicity risk assessment for human health : principles and approaches

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Environmental planning and management : towards better environmental law, management, evaluation and impact assessment by Njuguna George, N.

Burnett-Hall on environmental law /

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Integrated ecosystems assessment in Tanzania : experiences in ecosystems management

A study of financial support for cleaner production assessments in Norway by Aasen, bert

Wetland environments : a global perspective by Aber James S.

Assessment of corporate liability for environmental pollution in context of polluters pays principle in Tanzania by Mtavangu, Vicent

Environmental law / by Bell, Stuart

Table of Contents: “…What is environmental law? a brief introduction -- History and challenges -- Values, principles, and environmental law -- Sources of environmental law -- The administration of environmental law and policy -- International law and environmental protection -- The european community and the environment -- The regulation of environmental protection -- Environmental crime -- Public participation -- Private law and environmental protection -- Town and country planning -- Environmental assessment -- Environmental permitting and IPPC -- Climate change and air quality -- Contaminated land -- Water pollution and water quality -- Waste management -- The conservation of nature -- Landscape management.…”
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