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• Part 1 Introduction - the contaminated land problem: what is the problem?-- contaminated land politics, policy and planning-- comparative analysis and our logic of argument-- the extent of the contaminated land problem-- who is hurt by contaminated and clean-up costs and delays?-- costs associated with contaminated land clean-up efforts.
• Part 2 Dimensions of national contaminated land policy contexts: past environmental experiences - accidents, exposures and "disasters"-- the state politico-legal context-- the locus of control over the use of land-- approaches to liability for damages and clean-ups-- access to capital and liability insurance-- current policy and political pressures.
• Part 3 The emergence of environmental concern and toxics policy in the United States: the emergence of US environmentalism-- the Environmental Protection Agency-- the regulation of hazardous substances and wastes - the 1970's development of concern over toxics, the coming of Superfund, the initial implementation of CERCLA, the coming of SARA.
• Part 4 The CERCLA experience and debates over change: national priority list clean-ups - costs of NPL remediation projects, prioritizing clean-ups, clean-up standards, need for greater community involvement-- financing the fund-- liability provisions under CERCLA - equity issues - de minimis contributors, future (prospective liability, problems of lender liability, other unanticipated CERCLA liability-- the impact of CERCLA on Brownfield Redevelopment - CERCLA impacts on access to capital, lender transaction costs, perceived potential losses attributable to contamination-- state legislation to "solve" the redevelopment problem - property transfer laws and covenants not to sue, financial assistance programmes, permitting variation in standards of cleanliness depending on future use-- recent CERCLA re-authorization and change proposals-- examples of CERCLA success.
• Part 5 The European context and European Union environmental policy: which "Europe"? - the European Union, the new European architecture-- European Union environmental control powers - principles of EU environment policy, why an EU environment policy?, responsbility for EU environmental policy-making-- implementation of the EU environmental programme - modes of EU policy implementation, trans-national urban competition and networking, planning and land policies in the member-states-- the rationale for an EU contaminated land policy.
• Part 6 Contaminated land policy in the European Union and its member-states.
• Part 7 Comparisons and contrasts - integrated comparative analysis.
• Part 8 Lessons for future contaminated land policy - prospects and pitfalls. (Part contents).
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This work develops a framework for cross-national comparisons on laws and regulations regarding contaminated land and polluted properties, their clean-up and re-use, and the assignment of costs and responsibilities for reclamation.
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• Theme I: The Meuse Research Project.
• 1. Objectives and Approach of the Meuse Research Project.
• 2. Technical Aspects of Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution of the River Meuse: The Situation in Dutch Brabant. 2a. Appendix: The Meuse Research Project and Herbicides. The 1994 Measuring Campaign.
• 3. Legal Aspects on Non-Point Source Pollution of the River Meuse. A Comparative Analysis of Issues of Liability in Tort and Multiple Causation. Theme II: International and EC Aspects of Pollution of the River Meuse.
• 1. International Regulatory "Ins" and "Outs" of the Meuse Pollution.
• 2. Implementation and Enforcement of Agri-Environmental Measures.
• 3. Effet Direct du Droit Communautaire, Interpretation Conforme et Responsabilite de l'Etat, en general et en matiere d'environnement. Panel Contributions. The EC Directive on Nitrates and its Relevance to the Reduction of Nitrogen Compounds in European Surface Waters Caused by Agriculture. Legal Barriers to Liability for Cross-Border Non-Point Source Pollution. The Use of Plant Protection Products in the European Union: The Economics of Farming. Non-Point Source River Pollution: The Use of Nitrogen in Agriculture. Theme III: Voluntary Agreements on Pollution Reduction in Europe and USA.
• 1. Policy Implementation Efforts to Reduce Water Pollution: A Case Study of the Laholm Bay.
• 2. Implementation of Environmental Policies in Agriculture: A Watercourse Project in Norway.
• 3. Voluntary Agreements in the USA.
• 4. The US EPA Programs and Policies Regarding Non-Point Source Pollution.
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This volume contains the Proceedings of the 1995 Rotterdam Conference on Non-point source Water Pollution. It is divided into three main parts: the Meuse research project; international and EC aspects of pollution of the River Meuse; and voluntary agreements on pollution reduction in Europe and the USA. During the early 1990s substantial progress has been made in controlling point-source pollution. Environmental experts are now beginning to address problems related to pollution for non-point sources resulting from agricultural, municipal and industrial activities. This text provides an interdisciplinary approach to the topic with an analysis of its technical, legal, economic and political aspects.
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• 1. Introduction.
• 2. The European Context.
• 3. The Netherlands.
• 4. Belgium.
• 5. Denmark.
• 6. France.
• 7. Germany.
• 8. United Kingdom.
• 9. United States.
• 10. Canada.
• 11. International Comparison.
• 12. Conclusions and Recommendations.
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This book describes the excess supply of nutrients and manure to agricultural lands and the resulting problems of groundwater contamination and surface water eutrophication. It reviews these practices in the main EU countries and in North America and proposes a new sustainable approach for dealing with this environmental deterioration.
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• Dänemark / Børge Lorentzen
• Deutschland / Eberhard Schmidt
• Frankreich / Michelle Dobré
• Grossbritannien / Anthony Fenley, Denis Gregory
• Italien / Giovanna Ricoveri, Elena Battaglini
• Niederlande / Kees Le Blansch
• Österreich / Jutta Kellner, Beate Littig
• Spanien / Ignasi Lerma Montero.

• Introduction * Literature Review * Definition of Policy Instruments and Criteria for Their Assessment * Baseline Scenario for the EU and Overview of Policy Simulations * The Cost of Meeting Emission Reduction Targets: Pollution Permits * The Role of Accompanying Policies * The Role of Energy Saving Investment * Internalisation of Externalities * Burden Sharing * Sensitivity Analysis * Conclusions * Appendix: Brief Description of Models Used in the Study.
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Climate technology becomes more and more relevant in international environmental policy negotiations. At the Kyoto conference binding emission reduction targets have been established for several regions of the world. The major challenge is how to realize these reduction goals with minimum costs without generating new distributional and social difficulties. The book analyses the macroeconomic structural and distributional impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for the EU and the member states.
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• Work programme
• Calls for proposals
• Guide for proposers (part 1)
• Sub-programme environment and sustainable development : guide for proposers (part 2)
• Sub-programme energy : guide for proposers (part 2)
• Proposal submission forms for financial support from the EC for: Shared-cost RTD actions ...
• Accompanying measures
• Concerted actions & thematic networks
• Bursaries for young researchers from developing countries
• Appendix 1. Annexes.

• Pt.
• 1. Sectoral use of water
• Pt.
• 2. Demand managemt
• Pt.
• 3. Extreme hydrological events : floods and droughts

Environmental issues are of increasing concern to the food industry, as consumers and legislators have forced manufacturers to become more aware of the environmental consequences of their operations. The second edition of this book has incorporated recent developments in Europe, such as energy conservation, pollution control and recycling of packaging waste, and the impact of these issues on the cost and practicalities of implementing an environmental policy.
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• Preface and Acknowledgements. List of Contributors.
• Part 1: Methods for Environmental Components.
• 1. Introduction.
• 2. Socio-Economic Impacts
• 1: Overview and Economic Impacts.
• 3. Socio Economic Impacts
• 2: Social Impacts.
• 4. Noise.
• 5. Transport
• 6. Landscape.
• 7. Archaeological and Other Material and Cultural Assets.
• 8. Air Quality and Climate.
• 9. Soils, Geology and Geomorphology.
• 10. Water.
• 11. Ecology - Overview and Terrestrial Systems.
• 12. Freshwater Ecology.
• 13. Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology.
• Part 2: Shared and Integrative Methods.
• 14. Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Management.
• 15. Remote Sensing.
• 16. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and EIA.
• 17. Quality of Life Capital. Appendices.
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• Part 1 Methods for environmental components: socio-economic impacts-- overview and economic impacts-- socio-economic impacts-- social impacts-- noise-- transport-- landscape-- archaeological and other material and cultural assets-- air quality and climate-- soils, geology and geomorphology-- water-- ecology - overview and terrestrial systems-- freshwater ecology-- coastal ecology and geomorphology.
• Part 2 Shared and integrative methods: environmental risk assessment and risk management-- remote sensing-- geographical information systems (GIS) and EIA-- quality of life capital.
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encompasses environmental planning and management in its widest sense. It includes development planning and control, planning processes and methods, housing, transport, environmental management and resource planning, design, environmental quality and conservation, tourism and leisure planning and similarly related areas. The focus is on high quality texts, including Readers, for both students and practitioners. This new edition of Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment is a practical up-to-date explanation and guide to how EIAs are, and should be, carried out for specific environment components (e.g. air, water, ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component, it includes a discussion of relevant regulations and standards, how baseline surveys are conducted, how impact predictions are made, what mitigation measures can be used, how the effectiveness of such measures should be monitored, and the limitations of the methods. This new edition has a new second part, consisting of chapters on 'cross-cutting' methods that can be applied to, and can often facilitate integration between, many of the environmental components discussed in the first part.
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This new edition of Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment is a practical up-to-date explanation and guide to how EIAs are, and should be, carried out for specific environment components (e.g. air, water, ecological systems, socio-economic systems). For each component, it includes a discussion of relevant regulations and standards, how baseline surveys are conducted, how impact predictions are made, what mitigation measures can be used, how the effectiveness of such measures should be monitored, and the limitations of the methods. This new edition has a new second part, consisting of chapters on 'cross-cutting' methods that can be applied to, and can often facilitate integration between, many of the environmental components discussed in the first part. Very few books exist on how EIA should be carried out for specific environmental components. Whereas its sister volume, Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment, concentrates on the EIA principles, procedures and prospects, Methods of the Environmental Impact Assessment concentrates on the methods applied for the environmental components. It does not attempt to make specialists of its readers, but aims to foster better communication between experts, a better understanding of how EIAs should be carried out, and better EIA-related decisions. Taken together, the two books provide a comprehensive coverage of the theory and practice of EIA. Written by practising specialists, who founded and teach a highly regarded MSc course in environmental assessment and management, and by experts from major consultancies and local government, the book will be invaluable for: people who organize, review, and make decisions about EIA; environmental planners and managers; students taking first degrees in planning, ecology, geography, environmental studies and related subjects with an EIA content; and postgraduate students taking courses in EIA or environmental management. Riki Therivel, Paul Morris, John Glasson, Andrew Chadwick, Mike Breslin, Jeremy Richardson, Greg Callagham, Rosemary Braithwaite, David Hopkins, Philip Grover, Derek Elsom Martin Hodson, Chris Staplet.
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• Introduction - the changing politics of European air pollution control-- Studying European air pollution politics - the conceptual lenses-- Background and baseline - European air pollution politics in the 1980s-- CLRTAP's significant leap forward in the 1990s - negotiating the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol-- How the EU took up the challenge of acidification and smog in the 1990s - the acidification strategy and NEC directive-- Comparing the EU and CLRTAP - explaining policy differences, and why they are so small-- Implementing stronger European air pollution policies - will high hopes in Brussels and Geneva be dashed in London?-- Summing up and looking ahead - constructive interplay between the EU and CLRTAP.
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The adoption of the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol within the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the 2001 EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) directive has made for much stronger European air pollution policies. This volume offers an in-depth analysis of this key development from which decision-makers, students, academics, negotiators and international and non-governmental organizations will benefit substantially.
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In their Kyiv resolution on biodiversity, the European environment ministers agreed to complete the identification of all high nature value farmland areas by 2006 and committed themselves to support their economic and ecological viability. A high nature value farmland indicator is currently under preparation. This report highlights the preliminary results of this indicator and analyses the current targeting by policy measures. Preliminary estimates indicate that roughly 15-25 per cent of the European countryside qualifies as high nature value farmland and it is found that current policy measures appear insufficient to prevent further decline and this to reach the 2010 biodiversity target. It should be kept in mind though that the current data do not allow for detailed geographical analysis. A major effort is needed to fill the data gaps and the targeting and effectiveness of support measures.
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This report summarises ten selected issues from the European Environment Agency's Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) set of transport and environment integration indicators (which mostly go back to 1990). The aim is to highlight the main challenges to reducing the environmental impacts of transport over the coming years in all 31 EEA member states. It also evaluates the indicator trends with respect to progress towards existing EU objectives and targets from policy documents and directives. Issues include: growing transport volumes, air pollution emissions from road transport, greenhouse gas emissions from road and air transport, alternative fuels policies, transport pricing, transport infrastructure development and habitat conservation.
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• Introduction to the IRENA operation
• Agri-environmental indicators
• General trends in EU-15 agriculture
• Agricultural water use
• Agricultural input use and the state of water quality
• Agricultural land use, farm management (practices) and soils
• Climate change and air quality
• Biodiversity and landscape
• Evaluating agri-environmental indicators and supporting data sets in the EU-15.

This report contributes to the debate on climate change and policy development to promote sustainable energy use, by giving an assessment of possible greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways made feasible by global action and a transition to a low-carbon energy system in Europe by 2030. It analyses trends and projections for emissions of greenhouse gases and the development of underlying trends in the energy sector; and also discusses policy options to facilitate a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon energy system.
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Packaging waste is an important and growing waste stream. The amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has recently been adopted, and work is underway to develop EU thematic strategies on waste prevention and recycling and on the sustainable use and management of natural resources. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (hereafter: packaging directive) is one of the few environmentally-related directives to contain directly measurable, quantitative targets. It has now been in place for ten years and this is an opportune time to take stock of this important policy area. The EEA has conducted a pilot study of the effectiveness of packaging waste management systems in five EU Member States, with the aim of gaining practical and concrete experience of ex-post policy effectiveness evaluation, and to track progress in this policy area.
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Water pollution caused by wastewater persists despite three decades of effort to clean up European surface waters and despite the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). Several EU Member States have yet to satisfy the requirements of the directive. A European Commission report released in 2004 noted that several countries had failed to designate sensitive areas and were behind schedule in establishing the capacity of sewage treatment as required by the directive deadlines in 1998 and 2000. As the next deadline is approaching at the end of 2005, for extending sewage treatment to urban areas with more than 2000 inhabitants, the EEA has acknowledged the need to improve our understanding of the inherent implementation problem. This pilot study examines the water quality situation and objectives of 6 Member States of the EU, including, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Estonia and Poland, with a comparative analysis and conclusions.
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• Introduction
• Environmental burden of disease
• Respiratory disease, asthma and allergies
• Cancer
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Endocrine disruption
• Body burden of chemicals
• Wildlife as early warning signals for human impacts
• Climate change and health.

• Key Principles and Legal Framework for SEA.- Current Status and National Strategies for the Implementation of SEA in the European Union.- Experience of SEA in North America and Oceania.- Requirements of SEA in Developing and Fast Developing Countries.- Methodologies for SEA and Public Participation.- SEA for Abiotic and Biotic Resources.- Implementing SEA in Spatial and Sector Planning.- Conclusions.
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More countries are now using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) than ever before. This timely and comprehensive Handbook describes the implementation of SEA in 18 countries around the world, as well as a critical analysis of different SEA methodologies. The Handbook starts by introducing key SEA principles and the legal requirements of the new European SEA Directive (which became law in 2004). It then describes the implementation of SEA in 11 European Union countries, as well as the USA, Canada and New Zealand. This is contrasted with SEA requirements of four developing countries. The Handbook explores public participation issues and the wide-range of SEA methodologies used in terms of resources (soils, water and biodiversity) and sectors of activity (transport, agriculture, waste management and industry). The Handbook concludes with a discussion on best practice, capacity building and the future of SEA.
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• Drivers of resource use
• Demographic developments
• Economic growth
• Patterns of development
• Growing resource use in the global context
• Natural resources and their use
• Material flows and material intensity
• Renewable resources
• Non-renewable resources
• Policy responses
• Examples of individual policies
• The challenges of policy integration
• Resource economics and the role of prices
• Implications for competition
• Outstanding questions.

This reports focuses on a handful of natural resources: fisheries, forestry, water, fossil fuels, metals and construction minerals, and land use. It examines the driving forces of resource consumption: population and economic growth; and the pattern of development, covering technological level, economic structure and the pattern of production and consumption. European patterns of resource use are described, in both renewable and non-renewable resources. The policy responses are outlined, including the environmental impact of the important common agricultural policy, the common fisheries policy, regional development and transport and energy policies. There is a need for more policy integration to develop a coherent and efficient policy for ensuring a more sustainable use of resources. A final section on outstanding questions illustrates the problem of differing priorities amongst the various stakeholders, and presents some of the important and controversial issues which have emerged in the debate in recent years.
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• Setting the scene
• Understanding consumption behaviour
• Food and drink consumption behaviour: the consumers choice matters
• Housing: from basic shelter to homes with multiple electronic appliances
• Personal travel and mobility: moving faster, further and more often
• Tourism behaviour: consuming elsewhere, and getting there.

• Introduction : background and purpose
• Driving forces for agricultural trends
• Environmental issues in agriculture
• A framework for assessing policy integration
• Assessing environmental integration in EU agriculture policy
• Summary and conclusions.

Aims to provide a fair reflection of the progress, the achievements and obstacles in the integration of environmental concerns into EU agriculture policy, based on indicators developed in the IRENA operation. This work also tackles limitations to successful policy implementation at Member State level, and the related challenges.
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• Transport in perspective
• Freight transport volumes grow with no clear signs of decoupling from GDP
• Passenger transport volumes have paralleled economic growth
• Greenhouse gas emissions from transport are growing
• Harmful emissions decline, but air quality problems require continued attention
• Road freight continues to gain market share
• Air passenger transport grows, whole the shares of road and rail remain constant
• Developments in fuels contribute to emission reductions
• Car occupancy and lorry load factors decline in countries for which data are available
• New technology can cut emissions and fuel consumption, but more effort is needed to achieve CO2 targets
• Price structures are increasingly aligned with and yet well below external costs level.

• Introduction : why do we need market-based instruments for cost-effective environmental policy?
• Market-based instruments: what are they what drives them, what inhibits their use?
• Emissions trading: break-through of a market-based instrument
• Environmental taxes and charges, environmental fiscal reform
• Subsidies and subsidy reform
• Liability and compensation.

• Introduction
• Climate change and transport : much is needed but too little is happening
• Freight transport growth outpaces economic growth
• Passenger transport continues to increase
• Greenhouse gas emissions grow die to transport growth
• Harmful air pollutant emissions and air quality
• Biofuels in transport
• Focus on road transport
• Focus on rail transport
• Focus on air transport
• Focus on waterborne transport
• Focus on non-motorised transport
• Focus on land use and transport planning
• Focus on mode comparisons.

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• Introduction
• Economic and environmental importance of sand, gravel and rock
• Overview of European aggregates and taxes
• Country studies
• Country comparison
• Conclusions.

This study provides an ex-post effectiveness evaluation of taxes on natural resources, i.e. sand, gravel and rock (also called aggregates), as a market-based instrument (MBI) to promote resource productivity and hence reduce environmental impacts. Charges have also been reviewed to explore their potential contribution to sustainable resource management.
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• Safeguarding the biological diversity of Europe's forests
• Development of forests and forest biological diversity in Europe
• Use of forest resources and other anthropogenic factors having an impact on forest biodiversity and ecosystems
• Actions and capacity-building for sustainable forest management and safeguarding biodiversity
• Annex
• 1. European forest types
• Annex
• 2. Forest species on the list of worst invasive alien species threatening biodiversity in Europe
• Annex
• 3. Definitions of main concepts used in this report.

TH-AL-08-003-EN-C.
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• Foreword.1. Groundwater Baseline Quality. W.M. Edmunds and P. Shand.2. The Baseline Inorganic Chemistry of European Groundwaters. P. Shand and W. M. Edmunds.3. Organic Quality of Groundwaters. D.C. Gooddy and K. Hinsby.4. Geochemical Modelling of Processes Controlling Baseline Compositions of Groundwater. D. Postma, C. Kjoller, M. Sogaard Andersen, M.T. Condesso de Melo and I. Gauss.5.
• Part 1: Timescales and Tracers. R. Purtschert.5.
• Part 2: Dating Examples in European Reference Aquifers. R. Purtschert, J. Corcho-Alvarado and H.H. Loosli.6. Identifying and Interpreting Baseline Trends. M. Van Camp and K. Walraevens.7. Monitoring and Characterisation of Natural Groundwater Quality. M.T. Condesso de Melo, E. Custodio, W.M. Edmunds and H. Loosli.8. Natural Groundwater Quality: Policy Considerations and European Opinion. E. Custodio, P. Nieto and M. Manzano.9. The Chalk Aquifer of Dorset, UK. W.M. Edmunds and P. Shand.10. Groundwater Baseline Composition and Geochemical Controls in the Donana Aquifer System (SW Spain). M. Manzano, E. Custodio, M. Iglesias and E. Lozano.11. The Aveiro Quaternary and Cretaceous Aquifers, Portugal. M.T. Condesso de Melo and M.A. Marques da Silva.12. The Neogene Aquifer, Flanders, Belgium. M. Coetsiers and K. Walraevens.13. The Miocene Aquifer of Valreas, France. F. Huneau and Y. Travi.14. The Miocene Sand Aquifers, Jutland, Denmark. K. Hinsby and E. Skovbjerg Rasmussen.15. Tracer Based Study of the Badenian Bogucice Sands Aquifer, Poland. S. Witczak, A. Zuber, E. Kmiecik, J. Kania, J. Szczepanska and K. Rozanski.16. The Cambrian-Vendian Aquifer, Estonia. R. Vaikmae, E. Kaup, A. Marandi, V. Raidla and L. Vallner.17. The Cenomanian and Turonian Aquifers of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. T. Paces, J.A. Corcho Alvarado, Z. Herrmann, V. Kodes, J. Muzak , J. Novak, R. Purtschert, D. Remenarova and J. Valecka.18. Quality Status of the Upper Thracian Plio-Quaternary Aquifer, South Bulgaria. M. Machkova, B. Velikov, D. Dimitrov, N. Neykov and P. Neytchev.19. The Mean Sea Level Aquifer - Malta and Gozo. J. Mangion and M. Sapiano.20. The Natural Inorganic Chemical Quality of Crystalline Bedrock Groundwaters of Norway. B. Frengstad and D. Banks.21. Natural Groundwater Quality - Summary and Significance for Water Resources Management. W.M. Edmunds and P. Shand.Index.
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This text presents a series of thematic chapters together with chapters on representative groundwater systems in Europe which illustrate the main processes and evolution of water quality. It brings together the research of a consortium of leading European scientists who have conducted detailed studies of water quality in Europe. It includes a synthesis of findings, highlighting the thematic and regional results, with recommendations regarding aquifer evaluation, indicators, monitoring, and drinking water standards. It creates a key reference work on natural water quality of aquifers, at a time when the Groundwater Directive (GD) will shortly be brought in to supplement The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) to ensure good status of groundwater.
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• Contents:
• 1. Introduction James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle
• 2. Technology Leader, Policy Laggard: CCS Development for Climate Mitigation in the U.S. Political Context Jennie C. Stephens
• 3. CCS in Australia: From Political Posturing to Policy Potential Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham
• 4. Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp
• 5. Electricity Gap vs. Climate Change: Electricity Politics and the Potential Role of CCS in Germany Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow
• 6. CCS in the UK: Squaring Coal Use with Climate Change? Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson
• 7. CCS in the Netherlands: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Philip J. Vergragt
• 8. Technology as Political Glue: CCS in Norway Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle
• 9. CCS and the European Union: Magic Bullet or Pure Magic? Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold
• 10. CCS in Comparative Perspective Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft
• 11. The Politics and Policy of CCS: The Uncertain Road Ahead James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle Index.
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Over the past decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has come to the fore as a way to manage carbon dioxide emissions contributing to climate change. This book examines its introduction into the political scene, different interpretations of its significance as an emerging technology and the policy challenges facing government and international institutions with respect to its development, deployment and regulation. The focus of the book is on the construction of arguments about CCS in the public sphere, the coalitions of actors who have articulated distinctive perspectives on CCS and the varied strategies governments have adopted to integrate it into climate and energy policies. The authors analyze the issues decision-makers now confront in encouraging the uptake of the technology, managing uncertainties and regulating attendant risks. The book includes case studies of the reception of CCS in seven OECD countries, namely Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the EU. Developments in the EU form the subject of an eighth case study. The authors point to the political significance of CCS as a mitigation option offering a way forward for fossil fuels in a carbon constrained world, while also emphasizing the uncertainties that surround its future development and deployment. Students, scholars and researchers from a wide variety of fields who are interested in climate change, energy policy, and the politics and policy of the environment will find this book illuminating, as will officials and policy makers in international organisations and governments.
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TH-AL-09-005-EN-C.
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• Contributors to this edition Preface and acknowledgements
• Part 1: Methods for environmental components
• 1. Introduction "Riki Therivel &amp-- Peter Morris "1.1 EIA and the aims of the book 1.2 The EIA process 1.3 The current status of EIA 1.4 Book structure 1.5 Integration of component assessments 1.6 The broader context and the future of EIA methods
• 2. Socio-economic impacts
• 1: overview and economic impacts "John Glasson "2.1 Introduction 2.2 Definitions and concepts: socio-economic impacts 2.3 Baseline studies: direct and indirect economic impacts 2.4 Impact prediction: direct employment impacts 2.5 Impact prediction: wider economic impacts 2.6 Mitigation and enhancement 2.7 Monitoring 2.8 Conclusions
• 3. Socio-economic impacts
• 2: social impacts "Andrew Chadwick "3.1 Introduction 3.2 Baseline studies 3.3 Impact prediction 3.4 Mitigation 3.5 Monitoring 3.6 Sources of further information
• 4. Noise "Riki Therivel "4.1 Introduction 4.2 Definitions and concepts 4.3 Legislative background and interest groups 4.4 Scoping and baseline studies 4.5 Impact prediction 4.6 Mitigation 4.7 Monitoring 4.8 Conclusions
• 5. Transport "Chris Fry and Riki Therivel "5.1 Introduction 5.2 Definitions and concepts 5.3 Legislative background 5.4 Interest groups and sources of information 5.5 Scoping and baseline studies 5.6 Impact prediction and evaluation 5.7 Mitigation measures 5.8 Monitoring 5.9 Conclusions
• 6. Landscape and visual "Rebecca Knight "6.1 Introduction 6.2 Definitions and concepts 6.3 Legislative background and interest groups 6.4 Baseline studies 6.5 Impact prediction 6.6 Mitigation and enhancement 6.7 Monitoring 6.8 Concluding issues
• 7. Archaeological and other material and cultural assets "Riki Therivel "7.1 Introduction 7.2 Definitions and concepts 7.3 Legislative background and interest groups 7.4 Scoping and baseline studies 7.5 Impact prediction 7.6 Mitigation and enhancement 7.7 Monitoring 7.8 Conclusions
• 8. Air quality and climate "David Walker and Hannah Dalton "8.1 Introduction: definitions and concepts 8.2 Legislative background and interest groups 8.3 Scoping and baseline studies 8.4 Impact prediction 8.5 Mitigation 8.6 Monitoring
• 9. Soils, geology and geomorphology "Chris Stapleton, Kevin Hawkins and Martin Hodson "9.1 Introduction 9.2 Definitions and concepts - geology and geomorphology 9.3 Definitions and concepts - soils 9.4 Legislative background and interest groups 9.5 Scoping and baseline studies 9.6 Impact prediction 9.7 Mitigation 9.8 Monitoring
• 10. Water "Sally-Beth Kelday, Andrew Brookes and Peter Morris "10.1 Introduction 10.2 Definitions and concepts of water quantity 10.3 Definitions and concepts of water quality 10.4 Legislative background and interest groups 10.5 Scoping 10.6 Baseline studies on water quantity 10.7 Baseline studies on water quality 10.8 Impact prediction 10.9 Mitigation 10.10 Monitoring
• 11. Ecology "Peter Morris and Roy Emberton "11.1 Introduction 11.2 Definitions and concepts 11.3 Legislative background and interest groups 11.4 Scoping and baseline studies 11.5 Phase 1 baseline surveys 11.6 Phase 2 surveys and evaluation of baseline conditions 11.7 Impact prediction 11.8 Mitigation 11.9 Monitoring 11.10 Conclusions
• 12. Coastal ecology and geomorphology "Ricard Cottle and Sian John "12.1 Introduction 12.2 Definitions and concepts 12.3 Legislative background and interest groups 12.4 Scoping and baseline studies 12.5 Impact prediction 12.6 Mitigation 12.7 Monitoring 12.8 Conclusions
• Part 2: Shared and Integrative Methods
• 13. Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Management "Andrew Brookes "13.1 Introduction 13.2 Definitions and concepts 13.3 Legislative and policy background and interest groups 13.4 Key steps in Performing an Environment Risk Assessment 13.5 Different levels of ERA 13.6 Parallels between EIA and ERA 13.7 Opportunities and challenges for ERA 13.8 Risk communication 13.9 Concluding issues
• 14. Geographical Information Systems and EIA "Agustin Rodriguez-Bachiller and Graham Wood "14.1 Introduction 14.2 GIS concepts and techniques 14.3 GIS and environmental impact assessment 14.4 GIS in screening, scoping and baseline studies 14.5 GIS in impact prediction 14.6 GIS in Mitigation 14.7 GIS in Monitoring 14.8 Conclusions
• 15. Quality of life capital "Riki Therivel "15.1 Introduction 15.2The quality of life capital approach 15.3 An example of the approach 15.4 Advantages of the approach 15.5 Links between EIA and quality of life capital
• 16. Sustainable development and sustainability appraisal "Roy Emberton and Riki Therivel "16.1 Introduction 16.2 The UK Government's sustainable development agenda 16.3 Sustainable development and EIA 16.4 Sustainability appraisal 16.5 Conclusion Appendices A: Acronyms, internet addresses, chemical symbols and quantitative units B: UK environment, conservation and heritage organisations C: Habitat, vegetation and land classifications D: Evaluating species, communities, habitats and sites Glossary Index.
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This well-established textbook offers comprehensive coverage of the methods used in environmental impact assessment, which is now firmly established as an important (and in many cases obligatory) procedure in proposing or launching any development project where there may be consequences for the environment. Invaluable for students of Planning, Ecology, Geography and Environmental Studies, the new edition includes: explanations of how EIA works and should be carried out in relation to socio-economic, environmental and ecological systems; completely updated legislative and policy contexts; and, the latest advice on best practice chapters on shared and integrative methods including a new chapter on EIA and sustainability. Of particular use to undergraduate and MSc students of EIA in planning, geography and environment departments, this third edition of "Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment" will also be welcomed by graduate students, planners, EIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update their skills.
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A report that examines performance of the transport sector vis-a-vis environmental performance and concludes that there are plenty of options for synergies between different policy initiatives but also a risk of measures counteracting each other.
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This report presents data on waste shipments within Europe and out of Europe (mainly EU countries are covered) for both so called notified waste (mostly hazardous and problematic waste) as well as for non-hazardous waste. It presents drivers for shipments but also gaps that still exist in our knowledge as regards some waste streams (such as e-waste) or what influence shipments have on the environment. It also presents some illegal shipments issues. A main conclusion is that more detailed reporting on waste shipments to the EU Commission would enable us to obtain a better understanding of shipments and their nature.

Despite the vast amount of water on the planet, decades of unsustainable management mean that water shortages have reached crisis point in many regions. Globally, humans appropriate more than 50 % of all renewable and accessible freshwater, while billions still lack the most basic water services (Pacific, 2009). Until now, most Europeans have been insulated from the social, economic and environmental impacts of severe water shortages. But as demand increases and the global climate changes, is Europe becoming more susceptible?

• Improving the integrated European Impact Assessment? / Kilian Bizer, Sebastian Lechner, and Martin Führ
• Impact assessment : experience from the European Commission / Stephen White
• Views of the European Environmental Bureau on the Commission's impact assessment procedure : with a focus on environment / Pendo Maro
• Proportionate impact assessment of the European Commission : towards more formalism to backup "The Environment" / Michael Schmidt, Eike Albrecht, Hendike Helbron, and Dmytro Palekhov
• Proportionate imact assessment : discretion, formalism, and the undefined responsibilities of European decision-makers / Clive George
• Multi-criteria analysis for policy evaluation / Martin Drechsler
• Conclusions / Kilian Bizer, Sebastian Lechner, and Martin Führ.

The European Commission requires an impact assessment report for any regulation proposed. This book analyzes the quality of impact assessments and discusses deficits and possible improvements. Based on 30 case studies of impact assessments, an institutional analysis of the relevant actors is conducted, which shows that there are many shortcomings, among them an incentive problem concerning desk officers in the European Commission. The book includes various articles which address controversial problems and possible solutions. It offers a comprehensive overview of the practice of impact assessment in the EC, as well as an institutional analysis of the processes involved and of the checks and balances between politicians and their administration.