Environmental Issues

Geomorphic and environmental effects of in-stream gravel mining. Landscape and Urban Planning., 28:225-243, 1994. LANGER, W.H.; GLANZMAN, V.M. Natural Aggregate: Building America’s Future. Estados Unidos, Public Issues in Earth Science, Geological Survey Circular 110. 1993. LEOPOLD, L.B.; WOLMAN, M.G.; MILLER, J.P. Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Co, 1964, 522 p. MEADOR, M.R.; LAYHER, A.O. In-stream sand and gravel mining: environmental…

custo-efetividade, cobrança pelo uso da água, gestão de águas doces, Princípio Poluidor Pagador, Princípio Usuário Pagador ABSTRACT This paper addresses one of the important issues that faces water against its economic aspects: the use of economic instruments to manage water resources. First, historic and conceptual issues are considered. In a second part, the Brazilian water resource legislation is analyzed. In a third part, the water user pays principles (UPP) and water polluter pays…

explored. Knowledge can be seen as schema or symbolic mental constructions. Learning is defined as change in a learner’s schemata. The cognitivism is a response to the behaviorism, people are not “programmed animals” that merely respond to environmental stimuli; people are rational beings that require active participation in order to learn, and whose actions are a consequence of thinking. Or, like said Chomsky: human language cannot be scrutinized simply in terms of observable stimuli…

AGRAWAL, A. Turn your reverse supply chain into a profit center. Supply Chain Quarterly, v.1, n. 1, p. 1-6, 2012. [ Links ] BARNEY, J; HANSEN, M. H. Trustworthiness as a source of competitive advantage. Strategic Management Journal, v. 15, Issue Suplement 1, p. 175-190, 1994. [ Links ] BLACKBURN, J. D; GUIDE JÚNIOR, V. D. R; SOUZA, G. C; VAN WASSENHOVE, L. N. Reverse supply chains for commercial returns. California Management Review, v. 46, n. 2, p. 6-23, 2004. […

natureza visando unicamente à conservação da vida global. Palavras-chave: Ética Ambiental, Educação, Meio Ambiente. Abstract The work aims to analyze the ethical issue in the problematic environment in an attempt to understand the relationship of man with nature and merely involves the conservation of global life. Keywords: Environmental Ethics, Education, Environment. 1- Introdução A palavra ética vem do grego ETHOS que significa: modo de ser, caráter…

empowerment to improve health? WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Health Evidence Network (HEN) February 2006 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 4 The issue................................................................................................................................. 4 Findings…

serious environmental problems, health and socio-economic issue that implies. This paper presents briefly the main features and the serious problems caused by solid waste, taking into consideration the process of their disposal in urban areas by various sectors of society. The paper cites some concepts behind the issue, and lists some destinations given to residues that are capable of contributing to the minimization of the problem - such as landfills and composting. Keywords:…

"better and clean world" is helpless. 2. Environmentalists (are feeling/will feel) totally satisfied when there is no more pollution. 3. People often (left/leave) rubbish behind when they go on a picnic. 4. They (are having/ have) a panel on environmental issues on BBC this evening at 10. 5. I always (am taking/take) public transport to school. This way I try to minimise the human impact on earth. 6. Due to recent disasters, some people all over Europe (protest/are protesting)…

ISSN 0 103-989X Licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons DIFICULDADES DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE SISTEMA DE GESTÃO AMBIENTAL (SGA) EM EMPRESAS Difficulties in implementation environmental management system in organizations Fabiane Cristina Cerutia, Marlon Luiz Neves da Silvab Bióloga, Professora do curso de Engenharia Ambiental da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Irati, PR - Brasil, e-mail: fabianeceruti@gmail.com b Engenheiro Ambiental, Consultor autônomo, e-mail:…

Vargas LA, Oliveira TFV SAÚDE, MEIO AMBIENTE E RISCO AMBIENTAL: UM DESAFIO PARA A PRÁTICA PROFISSIONAL DO ENFERMEIRO Artigos de Revisão HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK: A CHALLENGE TO THE NURSING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SALUD, MEDIO AMBIENTE Y RIESGO AMBIENTAL: UN DESAFÍO PARA LA PRÁCTICA PROFESIONAL DEL ENFERMERO Liliana Angel VargasI Thaís Fonseca Veloso de OliveiraII RESUMO: Trata-se de um artigo de revisão que tem como objetivo estimular a reflexão sobre o impacto