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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456101303321

Titolo

Measures of environmental performance and ecosystem condition [[electronic resource] /] / Peter C. Schulze, editor ; National Academy of Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

1-282-08128-4

9786612081286

0-309-52233-1

0-585-05801-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchulzePeter C

Disciplina

363.7/063

Soggetti

Environmental indicators

Environmental management - Evaluation

Environmental monitoring - Methodology

Nature - Effect of human beings on - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Overview: Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition""; ""Net Energy Expenditure: A Method for Assessing the Environmental Impact of Technologies""; ""Life-Cycle Analysis: The Role of Evaluation and Strategy""; ""Defining the Environmentally Responsible Facility*""; ""Measuring Pollution-Prevention Performance""; ""Accounting for Natural Resources in Income and Productivity Measurements""; ""Environmental Performance Standards for Farming and Ranching""

""Use of Materials Balances to Estimate Aggregate Waste Generation in the United States""""National Material Metrics for Industrial Ecology*""; ""Information for Managers""; ""Environmental Measures: Developing an Environmental Decision-Support Structure""; ""A Critique of Effluent Bioassays""; ""Insights from Ambient Toxicity Testing""; ""Measuring Environmental Performance through Comprehensive River Studies""; ""Biological Criteria for Water Resource Management""; ""TVA�s



Approach to Ecological Health Assessment in Streams and Reservoirs""; ""Biographical Data""; ""Index""