Measuring environmental degradation : developing pressure indicators for Europe /
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| Imprint: | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2001. |
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| Description: | xxv, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4496673 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword by Eurostat
- Acknowledgements
- Editors' introduction
- Introduction to the contributors
- Part I. Air Pollution
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Air pollution and acidification
- 3. Air quality indicators
- 4. Air pollution and acidification
- Part II. Climate Change
- 5. Introduction
- 6. Indexing climate change
- 7. Climate change
- 8. Climate protection as the key to sustainable development
- Part III. Loss of Biodiversity
- 9. Introduction
- 10. Biodiversity
- 11. Genetic diversity in agriculture
- Part IV. Marine Environment and Coastal Zones
- 12. Introduction
- 13. Coastal zone and marine area pressures
- 14. Pressure indicators in coastal zones
- Part V. Ozone Layer Depletion
- 15. Introduction
- 16. Ozone depletion: the problem and the policy implications
- 17. The ozone depletion problem
- 18. Ozone layer depletion
- Part VI. Resource Depletion
- 19. Introduction
- 20. Resource depletion
- 21. Natural resources
- 22. Resource depletion
- Part VII. Dispersion of Toxic Substances
- 23. Introduction
- 24. Human pressure on environmental systems: the need for change
- 25. Dissipation of toxics
- Part VIII. Urban Environmental Problems
- 26. Introduction
- 27. Urban problems in Europe at the start of the twenty-first century
- Part IX. Waste
- 28. Introduction
- 29. How can environmental pressure indices be used to help societies monitor progress in achieving their Agenda 21 goals?
- 30. Proposals for the reduction of problems in connection with waste
- 31. Guidelines for an environmentally compatible management of waste
- Part X. Water Pollution and Water Resources
- 32. Introduction
- 33. Water pollution and water resources
- 34. Water resources and water pollution
- Part XI. Annexes
- I. Lists of ranked pressure indicators
- II. Specialized institutes for each policy field
- III. List of contributors
- IV. Project terminology: list of main acronyms, symbols and abbreviations used
- Index