... process and set of tools for defining and understanding the human dimension of an environmental issue It gives leaders in government agencies and in nongovernmental... wither The wind and ... Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place v vi Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place Community Culture and the Environment: ... assistance the users may then evaluate in terms of their own needs. Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place i ii Community Culture and the Environment:
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... and the water from the Jhelum, Chenab and. .. Sindh fear that the dam will irrigate land in the Punjab at the cost of irrigating land in Sindh Sindh also fears that the dam ... and the Environment in Pakistan populated Punjab and Sindh provinces This coincides with data showing that these... degree of their effect is related to the intensity and timing ... for use in Pakistan. Western Himalayan glaciers are projected to continue their retreat for the next half century, increasing Indus River flows and flooding. These initial increases in river
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Urban Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment in Latin America: the Environment in Latin America: A Case Study Approach A Case Study Approach potx
... Urban Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment in Latin America: the Environment in Latin America: A Case Study Approach A Case ... not easy to assess or apply in practice, especially if directly linked to the increment in value of the land – Might be directly linked to the cost of providing the infrastructure (impact fee). ... elasticity and high income elasticity, promising income redistributor in developing world Advantages z Exists – political, administrative ease z Distance-basis – potential to include other currently
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Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment in Latin America: A Case Study Approach pptx
... Urban Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment in Latin America: the Environment in Latin America: A Case Study Approach A Case ... capacity building; institutional improvement; strengthened role of local governments (Municipalities); improvement in regional planning instruments and processes; improvements in urban information ... >25,000 entering pass./day – Line 2 reaches this level only at terminal stations – Line 5 only at southern terminal station 60 50 40 Esc Militar (Eastern Terminus) La Florida (Southern Terminus) Cal
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Technology and the environment in state socialist hungary an economic history
... outstanding alma maters The City of Miskolc, the State of Finland, the Center for International Mobility in Finland, the Academy of Finland, the Finnish Academy of Sciences, the Niilo Helander ... Economics and Business, New Europe College in Bucharest, and in the Network for the Environmental History of Dictatorships and later in the Interdisciplinary Hub for the Study of the Environment and ... Environmentalism in West Germany in the 1960s–1970s 127 6.2 The Economical Shift in Hungary in the 1960s–1970s 134 6.3 The Economical Shift and the Energy Shift in the Borsod Basin in the 1960s–1970s
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 3 pdf
... place in the last 30 years. Two such accidents were Three Mile Island, in the U.S., and Chernobyl, in Ukraine (former USSR). The Three Mile Island accident occurred in 1979. The initial cause of the ... of the maps of 137 Cs ground deposition in the vicinity of the point of release as a function of the time from the beginning of release The point of release is the site of the ... radionuclides to the environment, increasing their air volume activities and causing exposure of human beings. The main radionuclide released from industrial activities is radon. Radon is released in the
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 4 pdf
... the aquifers feeding their waters into the analyzed river as well as the soil types in the river basins and their drainage area are important factors in the levels of uranium in dissolution in ... correlated with the increase in the gradient of salinity due to the mixture of fresh- and saltwater. In this case, and because of the low concentrations of 226 Ra in the marine environment, the ... important role in determin- ing uranium estuarine behavior. Regarding the characteristics of the main source terms and the routes followed by the natural radionuclides for their incorporation in water
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 5 pptx
... in soil, water, and even in the airborne dust in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, due to human activities The mining of uranium in this region started in the early 1970s and ... Concentrations in Food and the Environment into the deep soil, while the ratio of FA/HA tends to slightly increase across the soil depth. The increased ratio of FA/HA may be ascribed to the higher ... the rooting substrate to the plant and the dominant in uence of external contamination adhering to the plant foliage The study of the bioavailability of radionuclides in agricultural
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 7 docx
... Concentrations in Food and the Environment Gy/yr. This dose rate reduced the birth mass and increased the brain mass of laboratory rats irradiated as fetuses toward the end of the intrauterine life. The ... effects The difficulty arises in trying to measure them, either in the field or in a laboratory setting, and then interpret them with regard to an organism’s radiosensitivity The radiation ... nuclear weapons was the developing awareness of the existence and global distribution of radionuclides. Interest grew in understanding where radionuclides went in the environment and helped support
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 8 pot
... of the animals between their summer range in the mountains and their winter range spent nearer the Baltic Sea Rosen et al [73] indicated an... Following the initial findings in 1997, ... by industry regulators Information generated in routine monitoring programs is invaluable in determining the effect on the environment and food of proposed emissions and routes and ... in foods because of the uranium mining occurring there... Martin and Ryan [51] looked at levels in traditional aboriginal foods in northern Australia The aboriginal people eat both
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 9 pot
... deals with the understanding of where radioactive materials originate and how they migrate, react chemically, and affect the ecosphere after their release into the environment. All these aspects ... a linear path and a definite range in a given absorbing material. Depending on the energy transferred to the orbital electrons, either it brings the electrons to a higher orbit with less binding ... 9.2.3.2 Compton Scattering Compton scattering is an inelastic collision between the incident photon and the weak-bonded electron in the outer shell of the absorber atoms. The incident photon dissipates
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 10 pptx
... in Food and the Environment unacceptably low signal:noise ratio Cooling of the detector is achieved in the laboratory using liquid nitrogen or electronic cooling devices In the ... and responding to terrorist acts involving nuclear and other radiological materials requires a high level of involvement from the scientific community. The utilization of existing technology and ... Concentrations in Food and the Environment and scientists to become more conscious of the challenges that each of these agencies face. Another requirement is the need for distributing information
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 11 pot
... also increasingly being used in analytical devices. The unknown analytical sample in the lab may also contain radioactivity. Samples of food and environmental media contain myriad radionuclides in ... radioactivity in food and the environment. Sources of radiation inherent to these analytical processes and procedures include ionizing waveforms, particulate radiation, and frequently nonionizing radiation. ... Concentrations in Food and the Environment 11.7 SUPPLEMENTAL READING Charlton, M.A. and Emery, R.J., An analysis of reported incidents involving radiophar- maceuticals for the development of intervention
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 12 ppt
... LIMITS IN FOOD AND DRINKING WATER The methodology for estimating the MPC of radionuclides in food and drinking water is well established and goes back to the earliest regulations in radiation ... ill effects. There is a long history of regulating toxic chemicals, such as lead and arsenic, in food and commodities, and in the 1950s the concept of regulating radioactivity in the environment, ... including drinking water (AL-97) These are still in force and are reproduced in Table 12. 11 The standards are based on a typical Ukrainian diet and should... Bq/kg As described in
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Radionuclide Concentrations in Foor and the Environment - Chapter 13 (end) pptx
... vitamin C in the diet, and depending on the cooking process, losses in the vitamin content are quite different For example, boiling can reduce the vitamin C content in about 15% and ... this technology fall within their operating mandates. Among the main activities of the IAEA is the encouragement of peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The FAO, on the other hand, must guarantee a ... export Only Canada, India, the U.K., and the U.S... can react with nutrients and other components of the food, mainly inducing oxidation of metals and ions, oxidation and reduction of
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Tài liệu CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT doc
... for operating the system and maintaining its relevance for the Member States. The Regional Office is coordinating the technical activities and facilitating the establishment of EHIS and its use ... benefits. Within the European environment and health process, the establishment of a well-coordinated mecha- nism for health and environment monitoring and reporting has increasingly become a priority. The Fourth ... supporting policy-making in Europe) sets up and starts the operation of a comprehensive information and knowledge system focusing on children’s health and the environment. The indicators and underlying...
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Concern for Europe’s Tomorrow Health and the Environment in the WHO European Region pot
... 50% in economic growth in the 1980s and its overall conse- quences, along with other factors, con- tributed to the enormous changes in the CCEE and NIS at the end of the 1980s and the beginning ... both the elimin- ation of the most urgent environmental prob- lems and the integration of environmental concerns into economic decision-making in the Region [12]. Box 1.1 summarizes the main messages ... important that they were fully jus- tified in making the attempt. Limitations and Constraints The investment that is being, and will be, committed to environmental management in the interests of...
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Children’s Health and the Environment in North America ppt
... found in homes and other indoor environments due to the widespread past uses of lead in gasoline, paint, plumbing and building products and other consumer goods. Indoor lead sources include ... presented in the country reports and in the following pages. Each country had a “country lead” who took on the task of coordinating the development of and, in some cases, writing the bulk of, the ... report this initial set in 2004 and periodically thereafter. In compiling the indicators for the fi rst report, the Steering Group made several minor adjustments to improve the relevance and consistency...
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COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE HUMID TROPICS pot
... regulating the rates at which rainfall is absorbed and released. Intact forest cover allows rainfall to reach AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE HUMID TROPICS 32 Sustainable Agriculture and the ... researchers, planners, and policymakers in industrialized countries and in developing countries. PREFACE viii 1 Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics The wide belt of land and water that ... Agriculture and the Environment in the Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics Board on Agriculture and Board on Science and Technology for International Development National...
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Tài liệu A REVIEW OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE: FOCUSING ON THE STUDIES OF INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN COMPARED TO THOSE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES pptx
... (CS), and mycotoxicosis. 1) In Japan, these issues were addressed by establishing guideline values for indoor formaldehyde concentration in 2000 2) and the Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport ∗ To ... junctions, gaps in the floor, small pores in hollow-block walls, and sumps and drain. 128) Radon-induced lung cancers are mainly caused by low and moderate rather than indoor radon in homes at such ... oc- curring in its early history in people living in houses. SBSistherefore here described as SHS. A pilot study revealed that VOCs and carbonyl compounds in Chinese indoor environments were in uenced...
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