Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 72
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Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues
Author: Robert A. Dibie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 1135080585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues presents tools and concepts about environmental policies in several developed and developing countries. It explores a broad survey of ecological modernization theory, ecological feminism theory, environmental justice theory, the concept of sustainability, and research on environmental policies. Data were collected through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, and are used to analyze social, economic, and environmental impact on people. The book specifically discusses how the earth’s basic life-supporting capital (soils, forests, species, fresh water and oceans) is degraded or depleted to provide for human needs, and how air pollution and acid precipitation, are causing widespread injury to humans, forests, and crops. Realistically, over-taxing of natural resources and ecological systems throughout the world has promoted economic growth and created increasing opportunities for people while also advancing social injustice. The use of the environment to accomplish social and economic transformation raises fundamental issues for the study of environmental policy and the natural ecological system. As human beings exploit the natural environment to meet present needs, they often will destroy resources needed for the future generations. Thus, environmental policies are enacted to ensure that social and economic impacts of the environment are compatible with the limits of natural systems. Offering an intuitive and crystal-clear explanation of the key concepts and principles of environmental policies and sustainable development, this volume is suitable not only for environmental science students, but also for instructors, practitioners, researchers, and academics.
A Canadian Priorities Agenda
Author: France St-Hilaire
Publisher: IRPP
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780886452032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRising income inequality has been at the forefront of public debate in Canada in recent years, yet there is still much to learn about the economic forces driving the distribution of earnings and income in this country and how they might evolve in the future. With research showing that the tax-and-transfer system is losing the ability to counteract income disparity, the need for policy-makers to understand the factors at play is all the more urgent. Income Inequality provides a comprehensive review of Canadian inequality trends, including changing earnings and income dynamics among the middle class and top earners, wage and job polarization across provinces, and persistent poverty among vulnerable groups. The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), in collaboration with the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN), presents new evidence by some of the country’s leading experts on the impact of skills and education, unionization and labour relations laws, as well as the complex interplay of redistributive policies and politics over time. Amid growing anxieties about the economic prospects of the middle class, Income Inequality will serve to inform the public discourse on inequality, an issue that ultimately concerns all Canadians.
OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2008
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008-06-11
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9264043942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOECD's periodic survey of Canada's economy. After two chapters assessing the current economic situation and policy responses to new terms of trade, ageing, and climate change, additional articles are presented on tax reform, long-term sustainability ...
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Author: Canada. Environment Canada
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKManaging without Growth, Second Edition
Author: Peter A. Victor
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1785367382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTen years after the publication of the first edition of this influential book, the evidence is even stronger that human economies are overwhelming the regenerative capacity of the planet. This book explains why long-term economic growth is infeasible, and why, especially in advanced economies, it is also undesirable. Simulations based on real data show that managing without growth is a better alternative
Routledge Handbook of Sustainability Indicators
Author: Simon Bell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-06-14
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 1317200322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook provides researchers and students with an overview of the field of sustainability indicators (SIs) as applied in the interdisciplinary field of sustainable development. The editors have sought to include views from the center ground of SI development but also divergent ideas which represent some of the diverse, challenging and even edgy observations which are prominent in the wider field of SI thinking. The contributions in this handbook: • clearly set out the theoretical background and history of SIs, their origins, roots and initial goals • expand on the disciplines and modalities employed to develop SIs of various kinds • assess the various ways in which SI data are gathered and the availability (over space and time) and quality issues that surround them • explore the multiplex world of SIs as expressed in agencies around the world, via examples of SI practice and the lessons that have emerged from them • critically review the progress that SIs have made over the last 30 years • express the divergence of views which are held about the value of SIs, including differing theories on their efficacy, efficiency and ethics • explore the frontier of contemporary SI thinking, reviewing ante/post and systemic alternatives This multidisciplinary and international handbook will be of great interest to researchers, students and practitioners working in sustainability research and practice.
Environmental Performance of Agriculture at a Glance
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008-06-16
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 926404678X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides comprehensive data and analysis on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, covering soil, water, air and biodiversity and looking at recent policy developments in all 30 countries.
Eco-friendly Innovations in Electricity Transmission and Distribution Networks
Author: Jean-Luc Bessede
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2014-11-27
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 1782420193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElectricity transmission and distribution (T&D) networks carry electricity from generation sites to demand sites. With the increasing penetration of decentralised and renewable energy systems, in particular variable power sources such as wind turbines, and the rise in demand-side technologies, the importance of innovative products has never been greater. Eco-design approaches and standards in this field are aimed at improving the performance as well as the overall sustainability of T&D network equipment. This multidisciplinary reference provides coverage of developments and lessons-learned in the fields of eco-design of innovation from product-specific issues to system approaches, including case studies featuring problem-solving methodologies applicable to electricity transmission and distribution networks. - Discusses key environmental issues and methodologies for eco-design, and applies this to development of equipment for electricity transmission and distribution. - Provides analysis of using and assessing advanced equipment for wind energy systems. - Includes reviews of the energy infrastructure for demand-side management in the US and Scandinavia.
The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife
Author: Max Foran
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2018-04-10
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 0773554289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action. An eloquent denunciation of the failures of Canada's government and society to protect wildlife from human exploitation, Max Foran's The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife argues that a root cause of wildlife depletions and habitat loss is the culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin management practices and policies. Tracing the evolution of the highly contestable assumptions that define the human–wildlife relationship, Foran stresses the price wild animals pay for human self-interest. Using several examples of government oversight at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels, from the Species at Risk Act to the Biodiversity Strategy, Protected Areas Network, and provincial management plans, this volume shows that wildlife policies are as much – or more – about human needs, priorities, and profit as they are about preservation. Challenging established concepts including ecological integrity, adaptive management, sport hunting as conservation, and the flawed belief that wildlife is a renewable resource, the author compels us to recognize animals as sentient individuals and as integral components of complex ecological systems. A passionate critique of contemporary wildlife policy, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife calls for belief-change as the best hope for an ecologically healthy, wildlife-rich Canada.
