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Book Sustainability Assessment

Download or read book Sustainability Assessment written by Robert Gibson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current and expanding human activities are moving us towards ever deeper unsustainability. While there is no single, simple means of reversing the invidious biophysical trends and redirecting the distribution of benefits, one necessary step is to approach every new and renewed undertaking as an opportunity to deliver maximum multiple, mutually reinforcing, fairly distributed and lasting gains. Finding the best options for enhancing such gains by comparing alternatives, addressing all the key requirements for progress towards sustainability and avoiding significant adverse effects, is the essential purpose of sustainability assessment. This book addresses the theory and practice of sustainability assessment applications, drawing from experiences globally in a variety of sectors and presenting lessons learned. Diverse international case studies from professionals and academics demonstrate progress so far in exploring openings, testing approaches to application and establishing best practice. The book illustrates means of specifying generic sustainability criteria for the context of particular applications, reports on the resulting insights, and examines the barriers and opportunities for further advances. This book is an important resource for students, academics and professionals in the areas of Governance, Environmental Assessment, Planning and Policy Making, Corporate Social Responsibility and Applied Sustainability.

Book Sustainability Assessment

Download or read book Sustainability Assessment written by Alan James Bond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently the writing on the subject is limited and comprises, for the most part, guidance documents and completed assessments.

Book Arctic Oil and Gas

Download or read book Arctic Oil and Gas written by Aslaug Mikkelsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The focus is on the territories of the Arctic rim where the current and future oil and gas activities in the Arctic are and will be located. The book raises a number of questions inclu

Book Innovation  Science  Environment 08 09

Download or read book Innovation Science Environment 08 09 written by Glen Toner and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2008-05-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of an annual volume of commentary on Canadian innovation, science, and environment (ISE) policies and institutions.

Book Aboriginal Consultation  Environmental Assessment  and Regulatory Review in Canada

Download or read book Aboriginal Consultation Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Review in Canada written by Kirk N. Lambrecht and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supreme Court of Canada decisions have defined a general framework for the "duty to consult" Aboriginal peoples and accommodate their concerns over natural resource development, but anticipate the details of that framework will be expanded upon in the future. Aboriginal Consultation, Environmental Assessment, and Regulatory Review in Canada offers a paradigm that advances that discussion. It proposes an integrated and robust planning model for natural resource extraction allowing Aboriginal peoples, industry, governments, tribunals, and the Courts to all make contributions to reconciliation in the context of sustainable development and environmental protection. Kirk Lambrecht surveys the law of actual and asserted Aboriginal rights and historical and modern Treaty rights in Canada and discusses the national and international purposes of environmental assessment and regulatory review. He appraises the fundamental principles of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence defining aboriginal consultation and accommodation as a constitutional imperative and uses case studies involving the National Energy Board to demonstrate how integrated process has evolved over time. Finally he offers general conclusions on the practical utility, and outstanding challenges, involving an integrated planning paradigm.

Book Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Systems  General economic analysis  Comparison of systems

Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Systems General economic analysis Comparison of systems written by United States. Federal Power Commission and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Impact Assessment of the Portion of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline from Alaska to Alberta  Research reports

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment of the Portion of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline from Alaska to Alberta Research reports written by Environment Protection Board and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Impact Assessment

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment written by Kevin Stuart Hanna and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through twenty-one chapters that examine current debates, recent cases, and ongoing developments in Canadian EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment reflects the diversity of issues EIA processes now address.

Book International Environment Reporter

Download or read book International Environment Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Traditional Knowledge Guide for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region  Northwest Territories  Literature review and evaluation

Download or read book Traditional Knowledge Guide for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Northwest Territories Literature review and evaluation written by Sherri Labour and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions written by Mark Nuttall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions is an authoritative guide to the Arctic and the Antarctic through an exploration of key areas of research in the physical and natural sciences and the social sciences and humanities. It presents 38 new and original contributions from leading figures and voices in polar research, policy and practice, as well as work from emerging scholars. This handbook aims to approach and understand the Polar Regions as places that are at the forefront of global conversations about some of the most pressing contemporary issues and research questions of our age. The volume provides a discussion of the similarities and differences between the two regions to help deepen understanding and knowledge. Major themes and issues are integrated in the comprehensive introduction chapter by the editors, who are top researchers in their respective fields. The contributions show how polar researchers engage with contemporary debates and use interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to address new developments as well as map out exciting trajectories for future work in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The handbook provides an easy access to key items of scholarly literature and material otherwise inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. A unique one-stop research resource for researchers and policymakers with an interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, it is also a comprehensive reference work for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Book Impact Assessment

Download or read book Impact Assessment written by David P. Lawrence and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers solutions and best practices to respond to recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in the field Since the publication of the first edition of Environmental Impact Assessment in 2003, both the practice and theory of impact assessment have changed substantially. Not only has the field been subject to a great deal of new regulations and guidelines, it has also evolved tremendously, with a greater emphasis on strategic environmental, sustainability, and human health impact assessments. Moreover, there is a greater call for impact assessments from a global perspective. This Second Edition, now titled Impact Assessment to reflect its broader scope and the breadth of these many changes, offers students and practitioners a current guide to today's impact assessment practice. Impact Assessment begins with an introduction and then a chapter reviewing conventional approaches to the field. Next, the book is organized around recurrent problems and contemporary challenges in impact assessment process design and management, enabling readers to quickly find the material they need to solve tough problems, including: How to make impact assessments more influential, rigorous, rational, substantive, practical, democratic, collaborative, ethical, and adaptive How each problem and challenge-reducing process would operate at the regulatory and applied levels How each problem can be approached for different impact assessment types—sustainability assessment, strategic environmental assessment, project-level EIA, social impact assessment, ecological impact assessment, and health impact assessment How to link and combine impact assessment processes to operate in situations with multiple overlapping problems, challenges, and impact assessment types How to connect and combine impact assessment processes Each chapter first addresses the topic with current theory and then demonstrates how that theory is applied, presenting requirements, guidelines, and best practices. Summaries at the end of each chapter provide a handy tool for structuring the design and evaluation of impact assessment processes and documents. Readers will find analyses and new case studies that address such issues as multi-jurisdictional impact assessment, climate change, cumulative effects assessment, follow-up, capacity building, interpreting significance, and the siting of major industrial and waste facilities. Reflecting current theory and standards of practice, Impact Assessment is appropriate for both students and practitioners in the field, enabling them to confidently respond to a myriad of new challenges in the field.

Book Sustainability Appraisal

Download or read book Sustainability Appraisal written by Barry Dalal-Clayton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to project to investment, by government, business and industry, or international organizations. Distilling both published and unpublished materials, and with contributions from a range of leading experts, organizations and agencies, this book will be of significant value to professionals everywhere who are in need of a solid, reference guide to what constitutes SA practice and, more importantly, how and when it can be applied.

Book Environmental Impact Assessment of the Portion of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline from Alaska to Alberta  The Board s opinion

Download or read book Environmental Impact Assessment of the Portion of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline from Alaska to Alberta The Board s opinion written by Environment Protection Board and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foundation for a Sustainable Northern Future

Download or read book Foundation for a Sustainable Northern Future written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subject to the full implementation of the Panel's recommendations, the Panel has concluded that the adverse impacts of the Mackenzie Gas Project and the Northwest Alberta Facilities would not likely be significant and that the Project and those Facilities would likely make a positive contribution towards sustainability. [...] The Panel would like to express its gratitude to the community field workers who travelled to various northern communities to The Panel would like to thank the Canadian Environmental explain the review process to everyone, and to the Aboriginal Assessment Agency, the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact interpreters who had the difficult task of simultaneously Review Board and the Inuvialuit Game [...] The prospect of these additional net gains without significant adverse impacts during the life developments was the basis of both the aspirations and the of the Project and effective use of the Project and associated apprehensions the Panel heard with respect to the Project. [...] The Proponents have committed to provide certain mitigations and enhancements with respect to the Project, the most In the Panel's view, the MGP offers a unique opportunity to build important of which include the establishment of the Aboriginal a sustainable future in the Mackenzie Valley and Beaufort Delta Pipeline Group, the negotiation of Access and Benefits regions. [...] The Proponents' committed to providing important mitigations and enhancements, mitigations and enhancements, the measures governments the most notable being the creation of the Mackenzie Gas Project would put in place, and the Panel's recommendations would, Impacts Fund.