Author : Pierce
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780692514641
Planning Hydrology, Vegetation, and Soils for Constructed Wetlands
Author : Mario W. Watkins
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 22,5 MB
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781434396211
Remember that although divorce is an ending, it is also a new beginning Life does not always go as planned, and people are allowed to change. Sometimes that change shakes the very core of a relationship. It's part of living. It's how we grow. In a perfect world, and with a bit of luck, we get to change and grow old with our partners. That's the dream. At least it was mine. But not all relationships work that way. And when they don't, we have to realize that life is too short to spend it tearing each other apart and battling the same battles until death do we part.
Author : Rebecca Lave
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262539195
An analysis of stream mitigation banking and the challenges of implementing market-based approaches to environmental conservation. Market-based approaches to environmental conservation have been increasingly prevalent since the early 1990s. The goal of these markets is to reduce environmental harm not by preventing it, but by pricing it. A housing development on land threaded with streams, for example, can divert them into underground pipes if the developer pays to restore streams elsewhere. But does this increasingly common approach actually improve environmental well-being? In Streams of Revenue, Rebecca Lave and Martin Doyle answer this question by analyzing the history, implementation, and environmental outcomes of one of these markets: stream mitigation banking. In stream mitigation banking, an entrepreneur speculatively restores a stream, generating “stream credits” that can be purchased by a developer to fulfill regulatory requirements of the Clean Water Act. Tracing mitigation banking from conceptual beginnings to implementation, the authors find that in practice it is very difficult to establish equivalence between the ecosystems harmed and those that are restored, and to cope with the many sources of uncertainty that make positive restoration outcomes unlikely. Lave and Doyle argue that market-based approaches have failed to deliver on conservation goals and call for a radical reconfiguration of the process.
Author : Victoria Rusk
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2020-09-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780578761541
Author : Edward C. Monahan
Publisher :
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781634259149
ISBN: 978-1-63425-914-9 2017, 416 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback and E-Book Loaded with practical case studies, surveys, checklists, and appendices provided by top litigation experts from across the nation, Tell the Client's Story provides litigation teams the best strategies for effective mitigation work in criminal and capital cases. This book will benefit seasoned defense professionals, while also providing crucial guidance for attorneys and other professionals with limited or no experience in mitigation techniques.
Author : Eva Wollenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 22,92 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1136503447
This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions reduction, as this is well covered elsewhere; rather, it focuses on the design and practical implementation of mitigation activities through changing farming systems. Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture includes chapters about experiences in developed countries, such as Canada and Australia, where these efforts also have lessons for mitigation options for smallholders in poorer nations, as well as industrialising countries such as Brazil and China. A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming, including livestock, crops, fish farming, fertilizer use and agroforestry, as well as economics and finance, is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. Together the chapters capture an exciting period in the development of land-based climate change mitigation as attention is increasingly focused on agriculture's role in contributing to climate change.
Author : David Godschalk
Publisher :
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This text offers an informative examination of natural hazard mitigation for planners, policymakers, stu dents, and professionals that work in this field. The topics include guidelines for hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. '
Author : Rao Y. Surampalli
Publisher : Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780784412718
This title contains 25 invited chapters that present the most current thinking on the environmental mechanisms contributing to global climate change and explore scientifically grounded steps to reduce the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Author : Tanveer Islam
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0128004355
Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management introduces readers to mitigation, one of the four foundational phases of emergency management, and to the hazard mitigation planning process. Authors Islam and Ryan review the hazard mitigation framework in both private sector and governmental agencies, covering the regulatory and legal frameworks for mitigation, as well as risk assessment processes and strategies, and tools and techniques that can prevent, or lessen, the impact of disasters. The book specifically addresses hazards posed by human activity, including cyber threats and nuclear accidents, as well as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. Readers will learn about the framework for the mitigation process, hazard identification, risk assessment, and the tools and techniques available for mitigation. Coverage includes both GIS and HAZUS, with tutorials on these technologies, as well as case studies of best practices in the United States and around the world. The text is ideal for students, instructors, and practitioners interested in reducing, or eliminating, the effects of disasters. - Takes an all-hazards approach, covering terror attacks and accidents, as well as natural disasters - Reviews the hazard mitigation framework in both private sector and governmental agencies, covering the regulatory and legal frameworks for mitigation - Provides a step-by-step process for creating a Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) - Addresses the needs of local, state, and federal emergency management agencies and of the private sector, including IT mitigation
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2005-02-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0309181615
Effective risk management is essential for the success of large projects built and operated by the Department of Energy (DOE), particularly for the one-of-a-kind projects that characterize much of its mission. To enhance DOE's risk management efforts, the department asked the NRC to prepare a summary of the most effective practices used by leading owner organizations. The study's primary objective was to provide DOE project managers with a basic understanding of both the project owner's risk management role and effective oversight of those risk management activities delegated to contractors.
