Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews France 2016 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the third Environmental Performance Review of France. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on energy transition and biodiversity.
Download or read book Nature Conservation in Europe written by Graham Tucker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed description and analysis of European nature conservation and its achievements, focussing on the EU and last forty years.
Download or read book Biodiversity Offsets written by Wolfgang Wende and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the new concept of biodiversity offsets. The aim of offsetting schemes is to achieve no let loss or even net gain of biodiversity. Offsets obey a mitigation hierarchy and reflect the precautionary and polluter-pays principle in regard to project impacts. Readers gain insights into current debates on biodiversity policies, with top experts outlining theoretical principles and the latest research findings. At the same time the focus is on practical application and case studies. Today there is a lively international discussion among practitioners and scientists on the optimal legal framework, metrics and design of habitat banks to ensure the success of biodiversity offsets and to minimise the risks of failure or misuse. Contributing to the debate, this volume presents the activities and practices of biodiversity offsetting already implemented in Europe in selected EU member states, and the lessons that can be learnt from them. Readers may be surprised at how much experience already exists in these countries. A further aim of the book is to offer grounded insights on the road ahead, and foster a more intensive and fruitful discussion on how offsetting can be extended and improved upon, so that it becomes a key and effective component of Europe’s biodiversity conservation policy framework.
Download or read book viter r duire compenser les impacts environnementaux written by Christian Huglo and published by Le Moniteur. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Éviter, réduire, compenser » n’est pas un slogan, mais une séquence juridique qui fixe les trois objectifs progressifs essentiels qui constituent l’une des principales clés de la politique française de protection de la biodiversité. Cette séquence impose, pour tout projet, plan, programme ou aménagement quiaffecte l’environnement, d’abord d’éviter d’y porter atteinte, ensuite de réduire les impacts connus et, en dernier lieu, de compenser ceux qui n’ont pu être ni évités, ni suffisamment réduits.Cet ouvrage, qui permet de passer des grands principes à la pratique, propose une présentation d’ensemble de l’arsenal législatif et réglementaire disponible (loi sur la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages de 2016 et les apports de la loi portant lutte contre le dérèglement climatique et renforcement de la résilience face à ses effets) et des différentes jurisprudences permettant d’apprécier la réelle efficacité du dispositif.Malgré un sujet très peu développé par les dispositions législatives et réglementaires, cet ouvrage :– définit les notions juridiques de la séquence dite « ERC » (partie 1) ;– détaille le champ d’application et sa mise en oeuvre par le droit public (partie 2) ;– explique sa mise en oeuvre par le droit privé (partie 3) ;– et enfin, précise les éléments de contrôle et de sanction de la séquence ERC tout en abordant ses aspects contentieux (partie 4). Cet ouvrage permet aux juristes d’avoir une connaissance précise du sujet mais, au-delà, à tous les citoyens, qui ont pris conscience de l’enjeu de la biodiversité au même titre que de celui du climat, de comprendre les enjeux juridiques de la séquence « ERC ».
Download or read book viter r duire compenser les impacts environnementaux written by Christian Huglo and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Fluid Mechanics M chanique des Fluides Environnementaux written by CIGB ICOLD and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dams are planned, constructed, and operated to meet human needs - generation of energy, irrigated agricultural production, flood control, public and industrial supply, supply of drinking water, and various other purposes. Dams impound water in reservoirs during times of high flood that can be used for human requirements during times with inadequate natural flows. Positive impacts of dams are improved flood control, improved welfare resulting from new access to irrigation and drinking water. Without dams there would be insufficient food to feed the world’s people and energy would be generated by burning fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases. Despite this progress there remain significant concerns about the environmental impacts of dams. These environmental impacts are complex and far reaching, remote of the dam, and may occur in time with the dam construction or later and may lead to a loss of biodiversity and of productivity of natural resources. This bulletin compiles improvements in knowledge and state of the art technology to avoid or mitigate environmental impacts of dams on the natural ecosystem as well as to the people that depend upon them for their livelihood and also addresses the mitigation of environmental impacts on dams and reservoirs. Les barrages sont planifiés, construits et exploités de manière à répondre aux besoins humains. Les barrages retiennent l'eau dans les réservoirs pendant les périodes de forte crue, une eau qui peut être utilisée pour les besoins de l'homme pendant les périodes d’insuffisance des débits naturels. Les impacts positifs de barrages sont le contrôle des crues et l'amélioration du bien-être résultant du nouvel accès à l'irrigation et à l'eau potable. Sans barrages, la production alimentaire serait insuffisante pour nourrir la population du globe et l'énergie serait générée en brûlant des combustibles fossiles qui produisent des gaz à effet de serre. Malgré ces progrès, d'importantes préoccupations subsistent quant aux retombées des barrages sur l’environnement. Les impacts environnementaux sont complexes et d’une grande portée. Ils peuvent se produire au moment de la construction du barrage ou plus tard et peuvent entraîner une perte de la biodiversité et de la productivité des ressources naturelles. Le présent bulletin compile l'amélioration des connaissances et des technologies les plus récentes pour éviter ou atténuer les impacts environnementaux des barrages sur l'écosystème naturel ainsi que pour les personnes qui en dépendent pour leur subsistance. Il aborde également l'atténuation des impacts environnementaux sur les barrages et les réservoirs.
Download or read book L valuation Environnementale Dans Un Monde en volution written by Barry Sadler and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eco Design of Buildings and Infrastructure written by Bruno Peuportier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chair Eco-design of buildings and infrastructure, a partnership between three engineering colleges (MINES ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and AgroParisTech) and the VINCI group, aims to create measurement and simulation tools which integrate all the dimensions of eco-design (greenhouse gas emissions, impact on biodiversity and resource levies, etc.) to become real decision-making tools, based on a scientific approach, for all actors in the city (designers, builders and users). This book reviews the second five-year sequence of the Chair, first presenting methodological advances in eco-design: life cycle assessment and quantification of uncertainties; local environmental impacts of transport and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary partnership, also associating the human sciences, shows its interest in taking into account the human factor in the modelling of urban systems. This modelling is based on several numerical simulation tools, presented in the third part. This theoretical set results in more substantial proposals for the renewal of techniques and systems, in terms of energy management strategies in buildings, urban agriculture, participatory data collection and digital transformation in transport. This book is intended for urban planners, local authorities, building owners, architects, design offices, companies, building managers, teacher-researchers and anyone interested in the environmental quality of our living spaces.
Download or read book Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning written by Klaus-Jürgen Evert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The encyclopedia also provides various interpretations of the terms at the planning, legal or technical level, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer.
Download or read book Usability Testing for Survey Research written by Emily Geisen and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usability Testing for Survey Research provides researchers with a guide to the tools necessary to evaluate, test, and modify surveys in an iterative method during the survey pretesting process. It includes examples that apply usability to any type of survey during any stage of development, along with tactics on how to tailor usability testing to meet budget and scheduling constraints. The book's authors distill their experience to provide tips on how usability testing can be applied to paper surveys, mixed-mode surveys, interviewer-administered tools, and additional products. Readers will gain an understanding of usability and usability testing and why it is needed for survey research, along with guidance on how to design and conduct usability tests, analyze and report findings, ideas for how to tailor usability testing to meet budget and schedule constraints, and new knowledge on how to apply usability testing to other survey-related products, such as project websites and interviewer administered tools. - Explains how to design and conduct usability tests and analyze and report the findings - Includes examples on how to conduct usability testing on any type of survey, from a simple three-question survey on a mobile device, to a complex, multi-page establishment survey - Presents real-world examples from leading usability and survey professionals, including a diverse collection of case studies and considerations for using and combining other methods - Discusses the facilities, materials, and software needed for usability testing, including in-lab testing, remote testing, and eye tracking
Download or read book Eco design of Marine Infrastructures written by Sylvain Pioch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an insight into how to create aesthetically pleasing, environmentally integrated, multi-functional developments in the ocean or on the coastline. Eco-design of Marine Infrastructures provides practical and realistic solutions for delivering projects that strive to minimize negative environmental impacts. Using case studies and examples, this book presents a toolkit of options, allowing decision makers and planners to see what is possible and to make informed choices about the risks and benefits of eco-design. It is intended for researchers, engineers, students and decision makers, or anyone who is curious to see how nature can be integrated into development.
Download or read book Ecological Impact Assessment written by Jo Treweek and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-03-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human development. Ecological impact assessment (EcIA) is used to predict and evaluate the impacts of development on ecosystems and their components,thereby providing the information needed to ensure that ecological issues are given full and proper consideration in development planning. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has emerged as a key to sustainable development by integrating social, economic and environmental issues in many countries. EcIA has a major part to play as a component of EIA but also has other potential applications in environmental planning and management. Ecological Impact Assessment provides a comprehensive review of the EcIA process and summarizes the ecological theories and tools that can be used to understand, explain and evaluate the ecological consequences of development proposals. It is intended for the many individuals and companies involved in EIA and EcIA, as well as other areas of environmental management where impacts on ecosystems need to be evaluated. It will benefit planners, regulators, environmental consultants and scientists and will also provide an invaluable sourcebook and guide for the growing number of undergraduate students taking courses in applied ecology, EIA and related topics in environmental science. A practical management guide for the increasing numbers of practitioners of EcIA. A rapidly expanding subject driven by the proliferation of environmental legislation worldwide.
Download or read book Knowing our lands and resources written by Roué, Marie and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restaurer la nature pour att nuer les impacts du d veloppement written by Harold Levrel and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les mesures compensatoires sont devenues ces dernières années un outil de gestion majeur dans la conservation de la biodiversité. Elles sont de plus en plus utilisées dans les nouvelles réglementations environnementales. Ce concept de compensation environnementale soulève de nombreux enjeux qui intéressent autant l’écologue, le géographe, l’économiste que le juriste.
Download or read book Usability Engineering written by Jakob Nielsen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1994-11-11 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia, this book is an excellent guide to the methods of usability engineering. The book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. Step-by-step information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle are included, along with detailed information on how to run a usability test and the unique issues relating to international usability.* Emphasizes cost-effective methods that developers can implement immediately* Instructs readers about which methods to use when, throughout the development lifecycle, which ultimately helps in cost-benefit analysis. * Shows readers how to avoid the four most frequently listed reasons for delay in software projects.* Includes detailed information on how to run a usability test.* Covers unique issues of international usability.* Features an extensive bibliography allowing readers to find additional information.* Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field and the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia.
Download or read book Compensation cologique written by Collectif and published by Presses universitaires d’Aix-Marseille. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longtemps ignorée et perçue comme un outil de dernier recours, la priorité devant aller à la prévention des atteintes au milieu naturel, la compensation écologique, mise sous les projecteurs par la loi n° 2016-1087 du 8 août 2016 pour la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages, est aujourd’hui devenue une notion phare du droit de l’environnement. Des questionnements persistent néanmoins du fait d’imprécisions juridiques qui résident dans la notion même de compensation, les difficultés liées à l’évaluation de la perte de biodiversité, ou encore la pluralité des compensations écologiques donnant lieu à des régimes juridiques afférents dissemblables. Il est certain que l’indétermination initiale d’un régime des mesures de compensation a permis une grande flexibilité dans leur application, au bonheur des acteurs économiques, mais a également généré des difficultés, voire des défaillances pratiques lors de la mise en œuvre effective de ces mesures de compensation. Aux vues de ces différents constats, l’équipe de l’Institut de droit de l’environnement et du développement durable s’est tournée vers l’Agence ITER France, avec qui la Faculté de droit et science politique d’Aix-Marseille a développé un partenariat, afin d’étudier la mise en œuvre de mesures compensatoires, à partir d’un exemple d’une envergure particulièrement contraignante et novatrice du fait, notamment, du cadre de concertation mis en place pour définir les mesures compensatoires pertinentes. L’étude du modèle mis en œuvre permettra d’en retirer les éléments caractéristiques et d’en apprécier la portée. Partir de cette expérience pragmatique, présente l’intérêt scientifique de rechercher à conceptualiser un modèle de référence, tout en examinant également d’autres expériences de compensation mise en œuvre par des maîtres d’ouvrages différents.
