Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction
Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction

Author: Ernesto Sánchez Triana

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 0821368885

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Environmental degradation is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and decreased productivity. Urban and indoor air pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; natural disasters (mainly floods and landslides); and land degradation are the environmental problems associated with the highest social and economic costs, falling most heavily on vulnerable people, especially poor children under five years old. This book begins by exploring institutional change and environmental priorities in Colombia over the past 50 years, a time of substantial progress in environmental protection and rapid transition from a largely rural to a highly urbanised economy. Part 2 assesses the burden of disease rooted in inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; poor air quality; and natural disasters; and the environmental management practices to reduce that burden. A discussion of the environmental costs of rapid and unplanned urbanisation is also included. Part 3 assesses the sustainable management of Colombia's rich endowment of natural resources.

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control for the Municipal Water Cycle in a River Basin Context
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control for the Municipal Water Cycle in a River Basin Context

Author: Alberto Galvis-Castaño

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-08-14

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1000708241

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The protection of water resources from deterioration in quality by pollution discharges is probably the biggest challenge in sustainable water resources management in the recent decades. In practice, most countries have adopted pollution control strategies and measures which are based on ‘end-of-pipe’ solutions: wastewater treatment plants and adjustments to the regulations, including taxes for wastewater discharges (Conventional Strategy). Although this approach involves very high costs, on many occasions, this strategy has been a complete failure. The research described in this book contribute to the development of sustainable solutions for the previously outlined problem. It was based on the validation of the Three-Step Strategic Approach concept (3-SSA), which includes: 1) prevention or minimisation of waste production; 2) treatment aimed at recovery and reuse of waste components, and 3) disposal of remaining waste with stimulation of natural self-purification of the receiving water body. The study showed overall positive effects of the 3-SSA, in comparison of Conventional Strategy, on wastewater management in the Upper Basin (389 km) of the Cauca river, the second most important river in Colombia. The Cost Benefit Analysis clearly favoured the 3-SSA, generating a major impact on the river water quality at lower cost compared to the Conventional Strategy.

Vulnerability Studies in the Americas
Vulnerability Studies in the Americas

Author: Paula Mussetta

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-01-06

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1527544915

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This book is the result of a seven-year project that involved the countries of Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Canada in assessing climate change, climate change vulnerability, and adaptive capacity. It employs a unique methodology for integrating the findings brought together here, and fills a gap in academic literature in relation to case studies on South America in English, comparative case studies of the global North and South and vulnerability assessment.

Manual de Gestion de Riesgo Ambiental
Manual de Gestion de Riesgo Ambiental

Author: Pedro J. Toranzo

Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1506909825

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Manual de Gestión de Riesgo Ambiental o GdRA' es una obra de consulta con contenido técnico y no técnico –humanístico-, simple –de fácil lectura-; que nuclea conceptos, información sobre el controvertido tema ambiental. Esta obra es un texto de consulta para académicos, estudiantes, periodistas, empresarios y servidores públicos.

Environmental Law in Developing Countries
Environmental Law in Developing Countries

Author: Marianela Cedeño Bonilla

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9782831708188

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This book contains a selection of papers on various legal issues of interest to developing countries which have been prepared by Fellows from InWent who came to Germany between 2002 and 2004 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to research and write about subjects of their choice at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.

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Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE

Published:

Total Pages: 14

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Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Resources and Environmental Research—ICRER 2022
Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Resources and Environmental Research—ICRER 2022

Author: Chaolei Yuan

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-11-03

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 3031318080

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With the rapid increase of population, industrialization, urbanization, and the abuse of science and technology, environmental problems have showed an explosive development trend. Actions must be taken to ensure the rational exploitation and utilization of natural resources, prevent environmental pollution and ecological damage, and coordinate the relationship between environment and social development. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Resources and Environmental Research (ICRER 2022) focuses on effective use of environmental resources, ecological restoration and remediation of degraded and polluted environment, and emission reduction technologies. This book brings the latest advances in resources and environmental research.

Environmental Movements around the World
Environmental Movements around the World

Author: Timothy Doyle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-12-09

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 0313393540

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An unprecedented study of environmentalism, environmental movements, and efforts at "greening" across the globe, written by culturally embedded scholars with both academic expertise and first-hand experience with grassroots advocacy. Protection of our planet, its people, and its natural resources has been a topic of numerous debates in many nations for the past 50 years. Each hemisphere, continent, and country has environmental challenges unique to the region, giving birth to green movements all over the world. Until now, very few resources have compiled the political, scientific, economic, philosophical, and religious viewpoints of these programs in one place. This two-volume work provides a comprehensive collection of the ideas and actions that inform environmentalism, at local, national, and regional levels across the globe. Environmental Movements around the World: Shades of Green in Politics and Culture includes viewpoints from experts in the fields of political science, history, international relations, environmental studies, and sociology that enable readers to compare and contrast different cultures' attitudes and solutions towards environmental issues. Providing both a broad view of international efforts to protect the earth while also spotlighting very specific examples of environmentally motivated strategies, the set explores the political strategies and cultural perspectives behind conservation and environmental activism in countries worldwide.