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Song, Malin - 2018

development -- Interdependence among dimensions of sustainability -- "Pollution prevention" is the key to drive sustainability …

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Transport and the Environment.

Lee, David - 2007 - 1st ed.

Congestion Charging -- 8 Conclusion -- Water Pollution Impacts of Transport -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of Transport … -- 6 Conclusions -- Human Health Implications of Air Pollution Emissions from Transport -- 1 Sources and Emission …3 Health Effects of Transport-related Air Pollutants -- 4 Methods of Quantification of the Effects of Air Pollution on …

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Reconciling Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Batam

Onn, Lee Poh - 2018

Batam's economic transformation has been accompanied by a marked degradation of its natural environment. Enforcement to protect the environment has often been inadequate on many fronts, exacerbated by population increases.Though regulations exist for the provision of public amenities like...

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Development's Displacements : Economies, Ecologies, and Cultures at Risk

Vandergeest, Peter - 2014

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Displacement, Multinationals, and the State -- 1 Who Defines Displacement? The Operation of the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement Policy in a Large Mining Project -- 2 Gendered Implications: Development-Induced Displacement in...

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Sustaining abundance : environmental performance in industrial democracies

Scruggs, Lyle - 2003

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- What Is Good Environmental Performance? -- Explaining Performance -- Structural Change -- Public Opinion and Environmental Mobilization...

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Eco-Service Development : Reinventing Supply and Demand in the European Union

Behrendt, Siegfried - 2017 - 1st ed.

This work examines how eco-services are being implemented and how they could best be encouraged. The book provides an inventory and analysis of current eco-services in four countries (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Spain) and then explores the option open to market participants.

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Toxic Wealth : How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children

Cashman, Orla - 2009

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Industrial Transformation in the Developing World.

Rock, Michael T. - 2005

'Grow first, clean up later' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth which is the most polluted region in the world. Using detailed case studies...

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Perspectives on Industrial Ecology.

Bourg, Dominique - 2003 - 1st ed.

There has been growing interest in recent years in the new science of industrial ecology (IE). This volume addresses … ideas -- 1. Industrial ecology and material flow analysis. Basic concepts, policy relevance and some case studies -- 2. On … the history of industrial metabolism -- 3. Technology, global change and industrial ecology -- 4. Industrial ecology …

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Confronting Consumption.

Princen, Thomas - 2002

Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology -- 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? -- 4 …

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