Setting Environmental Standards
Author: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: World Health Organization
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Klaus Pinkau
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1475727976
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It is not uncommon that a group of scientists from many different disciplines join a working group, discuss a topic of interest and edit a volume of articles related to this topic. They may even agree on a jointly written introduction or conclusion . The study group "Environmental Standards" established in 1987 as an expert panel of the German Academy of Sciences and Technology in Berlin broke with that common tradition and became involved in a fascinating, but also pain-staking experiment to compose a document on setting environmental standards that has been literally written and authorized by all group members. The group consisted of eleven individuals representing the following disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, engineering , law , psychology, and sociology/economics. The study group had two major goals: First, to provide a document that summarizes the state of the art in each discipline with respect to the topic of environmental standards. Since it is impossible to cover all environmental hazards in one book, the panel members agreed to limit the discussion of the scientific material to one major case study: the effects of ionizing radiation. This topic was selected because the scientific data base is well developed in this area and levels of anthropogenic release can be compared with natural background levels . These two conditions are rarely met by most chemical hazards.
Author: Vic Barnett
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2020-02-03
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1000723054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introducing a novel approach to setting environmental pollution standards that allow for proper treatment of uncertainty and variation, this book surveys the forms of standards and proposes a new kind of "statistically verifiable ideal standard." Setting Environmental Standards includes: a current analysis regarding the treatment of uncertainty and variation in environmental standard setting a review of basic principles in standard setting, including costs, actions and effects, and benefits examples where uncertainty and variation have been well-treated in current practice as well as examples where clear deficiencies are apparent specific proposals for the future approach to setting environmental pollution standards - encompassing the anticipated elements of uncertainty and variability The issues discussed serve statisticians as well as those persons involved with environmental standards. Scientists in agencies responsible for setting standards, in organizations advising such agencies or working in industries subject to these standards, will find Setting Environmental Standards an invaluable reference.
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780101479424
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Setting Environmental Standards
Author: Bhaskar Nath
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Published: 2009-12-14
Total Pages: 526
ISBN-13: 1848261039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Environmental Regulations and Standard Setting is a component of Encyclopedia of Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Environmental regulation and the setting of environmental standards is concerned with command-and-control standards and regulations to control most of the pollutants generated by anthropogenic activities impacting on the three main environmental compartments: air, water, and land (including waste). Methods of regulatory control are described along with all major associated issues, including criteria for standard setting, enforcement of standards, public participation, and the deficiencies of conventional standards and regulations in securing the sustainability of earth's natural environmental capital. The Theme is organized into four different topics which represent the main scientific areas of the theme: The first topic, the need for environmental regulation and standards, problems encountered in setting standards, and the major deficiencies of environmental standards vis-à-vis environmental sustainability are discussed in this topic. The succeeding two topics are Environmental Quality Standards; Source-Oriented Control of Pollution; The fourth topic, the two prevailing types of standards are discussed — ecologically-based standards whose main purpose is to limit the degradation caused to ecosystems by anthropogenic activities, and health-based standards which focus on minimizing the adverse environmental impacts on human health. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.
Author: Michael G. Faure
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-10-10
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1108429483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A detailed overview of the law-and-economics methodology developed and employed by environmental lawyers and policymakers.