Handbook of environmental engineering assessment : strategy, planning, and management / / Ravi Jain ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (785 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.71/4
• Soggetto topico: Environmental impact analysis; Environmental policy
• Altri autori: JainR. K <1935-> (Ravinder Kumar)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Handbook of Environmental Engineering Assessment: Strategy, Planning, and Management; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Chapter One: Environmental Assessment in Engineering and Planning; 1.1. What Is Environmental Assessment?; 1.2. Engineering and Planning Issues; 1.3. Why Environmental Assessment Is Needed; 1.4. Who Prepares Environmental Assessment and Planning Documents?; 1.5. Integrating Art, Science, Strategy, and Management Issues; 1.6. Discussion and Study Questions; Chapter Two: Environmental Laws and Regulations ; 2.1. Rationale for Environmental Legislation and Regulations2.2. Shortcomings of Environmental Legislation and Regulations; 2.3. Legislative Data Systems; 2.4. Overview of Federal Environmental Legislation; National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4341 et seq.); Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Title I: Air Pollution Prevention and Control; Title II: Emission Standards for Moving Sources; Title III: General Provisions; Title IV: Acid Deposition Control ; Title V: PermitsTitle VI: Stratospheric Ozone Protection; Title VII: Enforcement; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); Basic Objective ; Key ProvisionsEnforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationships; Accomplishments and Impacts; Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Noise Control Act (42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities ; Federal-State RelationshipAccomplishments and Impacts; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities; Federal-State Relationship; Accomplishments and Impacts; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); Basic Objective; Key Provisions; Enforcement Responsibilities ; Federal-State Relationship
• Sommario/riassunto: This is one of the most comprehensive books on complex subjects of environmental engineering assessment and planning. Addressing these issues requires an understanding of technical, economic, and policy perspectives; based upon extensive research and practical experience of the authors, these perspectives are thoughtfully and clearly presented. Covered in this book are subjects related to environmental engineering and planning which include environmental laws and regulations, international perspectives on environmental analysis engineering and planning, economic and social impact ana
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of environmental engineering assessment
• ISBN: 1-78402-336-1; 1-280-58118-2; 9786613610966; 0-12-388445-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911007081803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II