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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and
Book SynopsisCurrent systems thinking in urban and environmental planning provides ways to consider hidden forces behind both planned and consequential changes, in order that we can express, check, and clarify our mental models of the structure and function of these systems.In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an 'extended mental model'. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditions, objectives, action) in a visual form which both stimulates and clearly communicates reasoning. As a result, concerns, defined objectives, and corresponding actions are uniquely linked. He goes on to illustrate how the structural and functional organization of the target system extends naturally into the planning process, and how decision-making therefore becomes based on systems learning.This challenging book will enhance the ability of spatial planners of all levels, especially students and newly qualified professionals, to prepare effective plan proposals. Strategy consultants will also find it a useful tool in preparing improved plan proposals and communicating more effectively with clients. Additionally, the book will assist government bodies to focus on the crux of development problems and reach balanced decisions more quickly. The enhanced problem formulation method presented in this volume is sure to prove an invaluable tool for researchers, students, and consultants in related fields including: operations research, system dynamics, business management, impact assessment, landscape architecture and environmental engineering.Trade Review’Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning constitutes an excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the planning literature that goes well beyond the classical systems theory. Anastassios Perdicoulis' book is enjoyable to read, the technical language, blended with numerous examples and case studies, is well adapted to readers with different backgrounds and experiences, from planning students to professional urban and environmental planners, and the main message is clearly presented. The current non-explicit style of planning practice brings about a number of important weaknesses to the whole planning process. Against this background, the author rightly argues that appropriate actions, the rational behind these actions and the on the ground outcomes have to be disclosed, clearly explained and verified to enable more effective communication and participation of the different stakeholders in decision making.’ --Paulo Pinho, Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, Portugal\'Perdicoúlis's book will serve well as an introductory text in fields of engineering, management and operations research, although not written as a textbook.' --Tridib Banerjee, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Systems Thinking 3. Decision Making 4. Diagramming Techniques 5. New Plans 6. Existing Plans 7. Simulations Epilogue Index
£90.00
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Changes: Ethics, Politics and Environment in the Contemporary Technological World
Book SynopsisThis book offers an authoritative analysis of the challenges that have arisen as a result of modern technologies. It covers several environmental problems, such as climate change, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of natural habitats, pollution and human population growth, and discusses practical scenarios for sustainable human dwelling of our planet. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the first part introduces “global changes”, describing how they are happening in reality, and the challenges arising from them. The second part introduces methodological approaches borrowed from various disciplines, such as engineering, management science, philosophy and theology, which can help deal with the contemporary challenges resulting from global changes. Lastly, the third part discusses some of the themes presented in the light of novel concepts, such as the Anthropocene, and includes interesting proposals and ideas about how human beings could dwell the Earth in this new age. Offering a comprehensive theoretical reflection on the relation between technology, environment and human beings, it also provides a practice-oriented guide for researchers and decision-makers working on a new ethical paradigm of acting in the Anthropocene.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- What’s New about Global Changes? Rethinking Technology, Environment, and Society. An Overview.- New Environments. Rethinking Ethics in an Era of Technological Changes.- New Praxis. Releasement in a Technological World.- New Technologies. Rethinking Ethics and the Environment.- New Politics. Sovereignty, Representation, and the Nonhuman.- New Wastes. Nature is not an Unlimited Station.- Contemporary Challenges.- Ethics and Geoengineering: An Overview.- Two Conceptions of Embracing Ecological Change in Ecosystem Man-agement and Species Conservation: Accommodation and Intervention.- Groundwater as a Common Pool Resource: Modelling, Management and the Complicity Ethic in a Non-Collective World.- Sustainability and the Future of the Commons. An Epistemological Examination.- Global Social Change: Human Ecology from an Eco-ethical Perspective.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Commodity Use: Its Governance, Legal
Book SynopsisThis open access book examines the governance and legal landscape of the global commodity sector. For that purpose, the author conceptualises both Global Commodity Governance (GCG) as well as Transnational Commodity Law (TCL). He defines the key terms of Global Commodity Governance, delineates the underlying legal framework of Transnational Commodity Law, and assesses the effectiveness of Transnational Commodity Law in fostering a functional commodity sector. “Sustainable Commodity Use” is based on a comprehensive analysis of over 250 international agreements, standards, and guiding documents. The author distils the main findings into a conceptualisation of Transnational Commodity Law and provides the reader with a succinct overview of its normative configurations as well as regulatory gaps. Moreover, he elaborates a taxonomy of International Commodity Agreements. In addition, an outline of the normative substance of Transnational Commodity Law features in an appendix to the main text. The author concludes by making concrete suggestions on how rules regulating commodity activities de lege ferenda could and should be designed to improve the effectiveness of law regulating transnational commodity activity. In doing so, he demonstrates the application of the sustainable use principle as the overall objective and purpose of Transnational Commodity Law and discusses International Commodity Agreements as future regulatory instruments. This book may assist lawmakers, practitioners, civil society advocates, and academics worldwide in developing a legal framework for sustainable global commodity activity.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The emergence of Global Commodity Governance.- Conceptualising TCL.- The effectiveness of TCL.- Fostering the effectiveness of TCL.- Conclusions.- The substance of TCL: An outline.
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Springer International Publishing AG Placing Property: A Legal Geography of Property
Book SynopsisThis open access book presents a legal geography of property rights in land through the lenses of landscape and critical spatial justice. It seeks to reassert the importance of landscape and place in property as an alternative to abstract concepts of property which dominate contemporary thinking. It investigates property’s origins and uptake in the common law through the lenses of landscape and spatial justice, providing a genealogy of property, from its early origins in pre-feudal Scandinavia to its development as a cornerstone concept in English common law. It offers a new perspective and analytical tools to reconsider many accepted approaches to land in the law today. This book also contributes both to the decolonization of property law and critiques of property’s unsustainability, as well as the examination of the role of law itself in facilitating large scale land changes that destroy place, and the ramifications of this process. As such, it should be of interest to inter-disciplinary scholars working in the socio-legal, environmental and property law fieldsTable of Contents1. Introduction: A Legal Geography of Property Rights in Land.- 2. Placing Property in the Landscape.- 3. Locke and the Homogenisation of the Landscape.- 4. Blackstone and the Externalisation of Landscape.- 5. Marx and the Dephysicalisation of the Landscape.- 6. Extinguishing Landscape, Creating Property: Property and Spatial Injustice.- 7. Progressive Property: A Spatially Just Approach to Property?.- 8. Conclusion: Property’s Placelessness.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Climate Threat. Crisis for Democracy?
Book SynopsisA key point in the book is the need to focus more seriously at the energy problem as the real problem behind global warming. The failure of global climate policies to reduce CO2 emissions and halt climate change has led an increasing number of scientist and activists to lose confidence in democracy's ability to handle climate change and led them to look to more authoritarian measures to meet the problem. The book documents these trends, also from a historical perspective, criticize them and sketches more democratic alternatives.Table of ContentsPART I. The climate threat and democracyChapter 1. The point of departure A global failure A gloomy picture Will we have to discard democracy to save the world? My point of departure What about the precautionary principle? Democracy The two sides of the climate problem Chapter 2. The climate problem and climate policy The mechanisms behind global warming Global warming versus climate An example: “We have only 12 years” What does the IPCC say? Climate policy A wicked problem From Rio via Kyoto to Paris A failing model Goal management of the global temperature The global strategy and the frustration with democracy Part II. Antidemocratic threats Chapter 3. The antidemocratic heritage and the dream about “Eco dictatorship” Historical roots – society as a threat against nature The ecological heritage of the environmental movement The extreme to the right – eco fascism Eco fascism to-day Chapter 4. The current climate debate and the threat to democracy The deep-ecology roots of the current climate debate Anti-democratic activism The vision of the expert-governed meritocracy Climate change as a threat against free debate and critical research Critique of the antidemocratic answer to the climate problem Are authoritarian regimes doing better? Is an authoritarian climate coup likely? Chapter 5. Popular climate uproar and the undermining of democracy The car-based society Climate uproar to “save the climate” The road toll uproar The ferry uproar The wind power uproar The popular uproar against climate hysteria Unrealistic climate goals and the undermining of democracy The problem with the person-focused climate policy The polarized climate debate and the undermining of democracy Chapter 6. The “non-political” solution of the climate problem What is climate engineering A global heatshield Historical retrospect A problematic strategy The search for knowledge The democratic problem PART III. DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVES Chapter 7. A wicked problem The crisis strategy Why do climate policies become so conflict-ridden? A little bit of theory The theory and climate policies – wind power as an example About theory and practice Lenin and Thunberg or Brox (for info: Brox is a Norwegian professor) About future generations About eating an elephant Chapter 8. Contributions to democratic answers to the climate problem About taking bites of the elephant Carbon tax rather that emission quotas Green growth A green New Deal What about nuclear power? Finally, some points about adapting to a changing climate No “quick fix” Chapter 9. The dream about Paradise About recreating Paradise Forward towards the past Paradise lost The climate problem, democracy and defence of the open society References Notes Keywords
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De Gruyter Praxishandbuch Der Konzessionsverträge Und Der
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de Gruyter E-Vergabe in Der Praxis
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Kohlhammer Offentlich-Rechtliche Unternehmen Der Gemeinden:
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Kohlhammer Compliance: Handbuch Fur Die Offentliche
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Kohlhammer Compliance: Handbuch Fur Die Offentliche
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£71.20
Bohlau Verlag Kultur, Erbe, Konflikt: Kulturgutzerstorung in
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Bohlau Verlag Die Verluste Der Bayerischen
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Bohlau Verlag Kunstschutz im besetzten Deutschland: Restitution
Book SynopsisDie alliierten Kunstrestitutionsprogramme der ersten Nachkriegsjahre sind bislang kaum untersucht worden. Anknüpfend an zeithistorische Forschungen zur Besatzungspolitik zeichnet Emily Löffler in ihrem Buch die französischen und amerikanischen Programme nach: von 1944 bis zur Übergabe der Kulturrestitution in deutsche Hände zu Beginn der 1950er Jahre. Sie verortet sie im Kontext der alliierten Kultur- und Besatzungspolitik und analysiert, wie bestimmte Konzepte von Kulturerbe und patrimoine die Restitutionen im Spannungsfeld von interalliierter Kooperation und nationalen Eigeninteressen prägten. Das Buch gibt wichtige Impulse für die Geschichte der Kunstgeschichte, für Forschungen zu Restitution und Wiedergutmachung und versteht sich nicht zuletzt als Beitrag zur Grundlagenforschung für die Provenienzforschung.
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Novas Edicoes Academicas Standards de prova e ônus da prova
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Farthing on International Shipping
Book SynopsisThe book provides an introduction to shipping in all its aspects. It is a valuable source of information for students of traditional maritime law as well as for those who seek to understand maritime and shipping services on a global scale. The text includes information and analytical content on national and international practices in shipping, including the age-old dichotomy between freedom in international shipping and the persistent demands of states to control specific maritime areas, as well as the tension between, on the one hand, the desire on the part of sovereign states to regulate and protect their shipping interests and, on the other, the abiding concern and unquestioned right of the international community to regulate the global shipping industry effectively, in order to ensure maritime safety, protection of the environment and fair competition.Table of ContentsFreedom in International Shipping.- Shipping as a Vital Service to World Trade.- The Sectors of Shipping.- Private Shipping Organisations.- The Interface with Governments: National and International.- Shipping Nationalism and Government Involvement.- Demise of Protectionism and Rise of Liberalisation.- Co-operation in Liner Shipping.- Development of Competition Policy and its Historical Evolution.- Maritime Governance.- Nationality and Registration of Ships: Concept and Practice.- Maritime Safety Standards: Compliance and Enforcement.- Maritime Security: Legal Framework in International Law.- Protection of the Marine Environment.- The Private Law of Marine Pollution.- Liability and Limitation of Liability.- Conclusion: The Current Milieu and Beyond.
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V&R unipress GmbH Virtuelle Parteiverbände: Eine Untersuchung der
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Das Okologische Jagdgesetz Nrw Und Dessen
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New India Publishing Agency Food and Livelihood Security
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New India Publishing Agency Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
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New India Publishing Agency Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources
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New India Publishing Agency Introductory Forestry
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New India Publishing Agency Recycling of Industrial Effluents
Book SynopsisThe growth in population has caused extensive industrialization, resulting in pollution on multiple levels. Different types of industries release their effluents into various bodies of water, creating a persistent need for recycling these effluents before discharging them. The book aims to provide its readers with comprehensive information on recycling industrial effluents, covering everything from the fundamentals to various recycling methods.
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New India Publishing Agency Recycling of Industrial Effluents
Book SynopsisIncrease in the population has led to rapid industrialization, thus leading to pollution at all levels. With industries of various types discharging their all types of effluents in various sources of water, a constant need has been felt for recycling of these effluents, before discharging them in to these sources. The book makes an attempt to equip it's readers with each and every aspect of recycling of industrial effluents. The entire book provides adequate information from the very basics to various types of recycling techniques.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Environment 3. Environment v/s Development 4. Water Resources 5. Water Pollution 6. Forest Resources 7. Forest Degradation 8. Industries. Effluents and Their Treatments 9. Effects of Industrial Effluents 10. Analysis of Industrial Effluent 11. Treatments of Industrial Effluents 12. Volatile Organic Compounds 13. World Bank Standards and Indian Standards 14. Phytosociology 15. Biostatistics 16. Recycling Technology 17. Biological Methods of Recycling 18. Chemical Methods of Recycling 19. Evopotranspiration 20. Zero Waste 21. Case Studies
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Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher The Concept of Universal Crimes in International Law
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United Nations Review of developments in transport in Asia and
Book SynopsisThis review is biennially produced by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It describes the environment within which the transport sector is developing and the principal challenges that this environment poses to governments, the transport industry and society at large. The publication also focuses on tracing the significant development of roads, railways, shipping, ports, inland waterways and air transport industries and infrastructure in the region. In addition, it considers the changing delivery mechanisms across all transport sectors and discusses urban transport issues. Finally, the review examines the process of globalization, trade agreements related to transport, regionalism, collocation of production transport facilities, as well as intermodal transport systems.
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United Nations Review of developments in transport in Asia and
Book SynopsisThe publication focuses on greening urban passenger transport systems in Asia and the Pacific region. It will review existing state of public transport systems and assess the environmental sustainability and inclusiveness of passenger transport. In the context of COVID-19, it will also includes an analysis of impacts of COVID-19 on urban mobility with cases form Asian cities. By analysing anticipated growth of passengers, energy use and emissions, and the state of infrastructure and operation of passenger transport systems, the publication make policy recommendations to improve overall sustainability, inclusiveness and resilience of urban passenger transport systems in Asia. Use of technology and innovations, promotion of active mobility and integration urban and transport planning, and regional cooperation are some of policies and actions suggested. The publication provides sufficient insight into the measures and policies, as well as ESCAP interventions, towards achieving environmental sustainability and inclusiveness of passenger transport in the region, while building back better from the COVID-19 crisis
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United Nations Recommendations on the transport of dangerous
Book SynopsisThe Manual of Tests and Criteria contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As a consequence, it supplements also national or international regulations which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS.At its ninth session (7 December 2018), the Committee adopted a set of amendments to the sixth revised edition of the Manual as amended by Amendment 1. This seventh revised edition takes account of these amendments. In addition, noting that the work to facilitate the use of the Manual in the context of the GHS had been completed, the Committee considered that the reference to the "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods" in the title of the Manual was no longer appropriate, and decided that from now on, the Manual should be entitled "Manual of Tests and Criteria".
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United Nations Recommendations on the transport of dangerous
Book SynopsisThe Manual of Tests and Criteria contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As a consequence, it supplements also national or international regulations which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS.
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United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous
Book SynopsisThe Manual of Tests and Criteria contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As a consequence, it supplements also national or international regulations which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS. At its ninth session (7 December 2018), the Committee adopted a set of amendments to the sixth revised edition of the Manual as amended by Amendment 1. This seventh revised edition takes account of these amendments. In addition, noting that the work to facilitate the use of the Manual in the context of the GHS had been completed, the Committee considered that the reference to the “Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods” in the title of the Manual was no longer appropriate, and decided that from now on, the Manual should be entitled “Manual of Tests and Criteria"".
£111.75
United Nations European Agreement Concerning the International
Book SynopsisThe European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) done at Geneva on 26 May 2000 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) has been in force since February 2008. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2019. The Regulations annexed to the ADN contain provisions concerning dangerous substances and articles, their carriage in packages and in bulk on board inland navigation vessels or tank vessels, as well as provisions concerning the construction and operation of such vessels. They also address requirements and procedures for inspections, the issue of certificates of approval, recognition of classification societies, monitoring, and training and examination of experts. They are harmonized to the greatest possible extent with the dangerous goods agreements for other modes of transport.
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United Nations Manual of Tests and Criteria (Russian Edition)
Book SynopsisThis publication contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). It also supplements national or international regulations which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS.
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United Nations Recommandations relatives au transport des
Book SynopsisRecommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses des Nations Unies, et pour classer les produits chimiques qui présentent des dangers physiques conformément au Système général harmonisé de classification et d’étiquetage des produits chimiques (SGH). En conséquence, il complète également les règlements nationaux et internationaux qui ont été établis sur la base des Recommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses ou du SGH.
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United Nations ADR 2017: European Agreement Concerning the
Book SynopsisThe European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2017. It contains in particular new or revised provisions concerning for vehicles and machineries; battery powered vehicles and equipment; marking and labelling for lithium batteries in Class 9; instructions in writing; construction and equipment of vehicles; use of LPG, CNG and LNG as fuel for vehicles carrying dangerous goods.
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United Nations Recommandations Relatives au Transport des
Book SynopsisLe Règlement type traite de la classification des marchandises dangereuses, de leur énumération, de l'utilisation, de la construction, des épreuves et des agréments des emballages et des citernes mobiles, ainsi que des procédures d'expédition incluant le marquage, l'étiquetage, le placardage et la documentation. Il vise à éviter les accidents matériels et de personnes et les dommages à l'environnement en cours de transport, quel que soit le mode de transport utilisé, et à assurer ainsi un niveau de sécurité élevé.
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United Nations Recomendaciones Relativas al Transporte de
Book SynopsisEl Manual de Pruebas y Criterios contiene criterios y descripciones de métodos y procedimientos de prueba para la clasificación de mercancías peligrosas de acuerdo con las disposiciones de las partes 2 y 3 de las “Recomendaciones relativas al Transporte de Mercancías Peligrosas: Reglamentación Modelo”, y para la clasificación de los productos químicos que presentan peligros físicos de acuerdo con el “Sistema Globalmente Armonizado de clasificación y etiquetado de productos químicos (SGA)”. Como consecuencia, complementa también los reglamentos nacionales o internacionales que se derivan de las recomendaciones de las Naciones Unidas relativas al transporte de mercancías peligrosas o el SGA .
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United Nations Recomendaciones Relativas al Transporte de
Book SynopsisEl Manual de Pruebas y Criterios contiene los criterios, métodos y procedimientos de prueba que se deben utilizar para la clasificación de mercancías peligrosas de acuerdo con las disposiciones de las partes 2 y 3 de las Recomendaciones de las Naciones Unidas para el Transporte de Mercancías Peligrosas, Reglamentación Modelo y para la clasificación de los productos químicos que presentan peligros físicos conforme a lo dispuesto en el Sistema Globalmente Armonizado de Clasificación y Etiquetado de productos químicos (SGA). Por tanto, el Manual complementa los reglamentos nacionales e internacionales desarrollados a partir de la Reglamentación Modelo o del SGA. Desde su primera versión, elaborada y posteriormente adoptada por el Comité de Expertos en Transporte de Mercancías Peligrosas del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas (ECOSOC) en 1984, el Manual se ha ido modificando y actualizando cada dos años. Dicha actualización se lleva a cabo bajo los auspicios del Comité de Expertos en Transporte de Mercancías Peligrosas y del Sistema Globalmente Armonizado de clasificación y etiquetado de productos químicos, que reemplaza al comité original desde el año 2001. La sexta edición revisada, que se publicó en 2015, tiene en cuenta las recomendaciones adoptadas por el comité de expertos en su quinto y sexto período de sesiones que se celebraron en 2010 y 2012 (publicadas con el símbolo ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.5/Amend.2 y ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.4/Amend.2) así como las adoptadas durante su séptimo período de sesiones, que se celebró en 2014 (ST/SG/AC.10/42/Add.2). Las enmiendas contenidas en la presente publicación fueron adoptadas por el Comité durante su octavo período de sesiones (9 de Diciembre de 2016).
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United Nations ADR 2015: European Agreement Concerning the
Book SynopsisThe European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2015. It contains in particular new or revised provisions concerning transport of adsorbed gases; lithium batteries (including damaged or defective lithium batteries, lithium batteries for disposal or recycling); asymmetric capacitors; discarded packagings; ammonium nitrate and radioactive material; testing of gas cartridges and fuel cell cartridges; marking of bundles of cylinders; and the applicability of ISO standards to the manufacture of new pressure receptacles or service equipment.
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United Nations ADR 2017: European Agreement Concerning the
Book SynopsisThe European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2017. It contains in particular new or revised provisions concerning for vehicles and machineries; battery powered vehicles and equipment; marking and labelling for lithium batteries in Class 9; instructions in writing; construction and equipment of vehicles; use of LPG, CNG and LNG as fuel for vehicles carrying dangerous goods.
£139.20
United Nations European Agreement Concerning the International
Book SynopsisThe European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2019.
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New India Publishing Agency Wild Fruits of India
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New India Publishing Agency Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the important issues of food security and sustainability of natural resources of India in the context of the projected climate change. Agroecosystems being the sites of intense interaction between human beings and natural world, global climate change is likely to affect the resource base, the crop productivity, input use efficiency and overall the profitability of agricultural production systems to a great extent. However, the adverse effects of climate change can be alleviated through mitigation and adaptation strategies which carry importance due to the increasing population and food demand in India. Thus, this compilation covers possible sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in Indian context including the potentials of soil carbon sequestration, crop pest and soil management and scientific livestock management as mitigation and adaptation options. This book also includes some topics on fundamentals of green house effect and the possible mechanisms by which soil nutrient availability alters due to CO2 fertilization. The schematic diagrams, tables and graphs have been included to make the book more illustrative. The likelihood of carbon credits and trading through best management practices can help Indian farmers earning carbon credits in future. The book is useful for researchers, farm managers, policy makers and also students engaged in climate change related studies.Table of Contents1 Greenhouse Effect and Contribution of Indian Agriculture by S. Lenka, N. K. Lenka and A. Subba Rao 2 Climate Change and Weather Extremes in India by N. K. Lenka 3 Importance of Tropospheric Ozone in Climate Change Research by S. Lenka 4 Impact of Elevated CO2 and Temperature on Crop ET and Plant Water Productivity by N. K. Lenka 5 Elevated Atmospheric CO2- Its Indirect Effects on Soil Processes by S. Kundu, S. Rajendiran, and M. Vassanda Coumar 6 Impact of Climate Change on Rhizosphere Microbial Activity and Nutrient Cycling by A. Mandal, T. K. Radha and S. Neenu 7 Feedbacks of CO2 Fertilization on Soil and Plant Nitrogen by N. K. Lenka 8 Enteric Methane Emission in Domestic Ruminant Livestock: Prediction and Measurement by V. Sejian, B. Saumya and A. K. Singh 9 Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture in Context of Climate Change by S. Lenka 10 Impact of Climate Change on Insect Pests, Beneficial Insects and Possible Adaptation Strategies by M.S. Rao and B. Venkateswarlu 11 Climate Change Mitigation Options in Agriculture by S. Lenka, N. K. Lenka and R. S. Chaudhary 12 Role of Farm Machinery in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by R. C. Singh 13 Strategies to Reduce Enteric Methane Emission in Domestic Ruminant Livestock by V. Sejian and S. Indu 14 Carbon Sequestration in Indian Agriculture by S. Kundu, M. L. Dotaniya and S. Lenka 15 Carbon Credits and Trading - An Opportunity for Indian Farmers by C.A. Rama Rao, B. Venkateswarlu and Josily Samuel 16 Use of Simulation Models to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Agro-ecosystems by M. Mohanty and Nishant K Sinha
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New India Publishing Agency Basics of Wood Anatomy
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