Sustainability and the U.S. EPA /

"Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Recognizi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Temas:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Evaluation.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental protection > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
Sustainable development > United States.
Environmental degradation > United States.
Pollution > United States.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Développement durable > États-Unis.
Environnement > Dégradation > États-Unis.
Pollution > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Evaluation
Environmental degradation
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Pollution
Sustainable development
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • History of sustainability
  • A sustainability framework for EPA
  • Sustainability assessment and management: process, tools, and indicators
  • How risk assessment and risk management relate to the sustainability framework
  • Changing the culture in EPA
  • Benefits of a sustainability approach at EPA.

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