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Earth Tones: How Environmental Journalism and Environmental Ethics Influence Environmental Citizenship
Environmental ethics and environmental journalism are influencing the developing philosophy of environmental citizenship. This philosophy involves the ideas that people are part of the environment, that the future depends on a healthy environment, and that action on behalf of the environment is …
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Evaluating Environmental Sustainability through Environmental Reports
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Access to Environmental Justice: NGO Environmental Advocacy on Mining-Related Environmental Issues in Mongolia
In this thesis, I apply the theory of environmental justice to determine how NGOs use substantive and procedural environmental rights to advocate for mining-affected nomadic communities in Mongolia. Environmental NGOs often possess legal and scientific expertise pertinent to resolving and …
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Environmental refugees : defining environmental migrants, and long term solutions to deal with environmental migration
Environmental degradation and population migration is becoming growing concern to the international community. An increasing number of environments around the globe are suffering from deterioration and an increasing number of individuals survive in an environment which can barely support life. As …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… an increased interest in studying impacts of environmental risks and opportunities on business firms. Across various strands of the literature on this topic, however, there is still sizeable theoretical and empirical ambiguity around the direction of their impacts and underlying causal …
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Climate risks, environmental regulations, and corporate environmental management
… an increased interest in studying impacts of environmental risks and opportunities on business firms. Across various strands of the literature on this topic, however, there is still sizeable theoretical and empirical ambiguity around the direction of their impacts and underlying causal …
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Environmental justice
… 2015:5). Social workers are compelled to act on environmental injustices because of their ethical mandate to address social injustices (Erickson, 2012:184). This study adopted green social work (Dominelli,2012) as a theoretical framework. The goal of the study was to explore and describe the role …
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Environmental Rights
… theories of moral rights are incompatible with environmental concerns. This claim is often made on the grounds that rights are too individualistic and human-centred. I attempt to answer this, not on the grounds that it misrepresents all theories of rights or that these concerns are not …
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Environmental kodaliths
Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1979.
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Environmental adaptability.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1966. M.C.P.
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Negotiating Environmental Relationships: Why Language Matters to Environmental Philosophy
The medium of language is important to environmental philosophy, and more specifically, to the establishment and understanding of environmental relationships. The differences between animal and human language point to our unique semantic range, which results from our neuro-linguistic process of …
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Extending environmental governance: China's environmental state and civil society
This thesis is a study of environmental governance reform in China. It investigates how new governance policies and arrangements are being introduced in order to overcome problems associated with China’s sizable environmental protection ‘implementation deficit’. Using an analytical framework based …
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Environmental reviews and environmental management systems: Methodologies and organisational impacts
… the methodologies and organisational impacts of Environmental Reviews and Environmental Management Systems in Local Authorities, Universities and Conservation organisations. It assesses the practical impacts of these tools, identifies elements of good practice and discusses the organisational and …
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Environmental Sustainability ofBIOPLASTICS
… to all phases of life in order to quantify the environmental impact of these materials. Nowadays, biopolymers represent the most widespread materials when it comes to replace the conventional polymers and they are considered particularly promising in terms of environmental sustainability. …
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The experience of reducing environmental risks in an environmental justice community
Research on Environmental Justice (EJ) communities has focused on quantitative assessment of environmental hazards and general physical health problems. Little is known about how individuals living in EJ communities perceive their environmental risks and how they reduce environmental risks. The …
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A holistic framework for environmental change: socio-environmental cohesion for sustainability
Research purpose: Environmental issues have become a regular debate within social, business and political arenas. The need to combine social, environmental and economic systems to achieve a sustainable future (Triple Bottom Line), is gaining prominence within many international development …
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Grand Calumet: the linkages between environmental justice, vulnerability and environmental governance
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Indiana have invested over $80 million to remove contaminants from the Grand Calumet River. The river cuts through a highly diverse urban and industrial area punctuated by nature preserves, with strong ties to Chicago and a bustling mix of …
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Assessing environmental benefits and economic costs of aviation environmental policy measures
… is anticipated for aviation with an increasing environmental impact, specifically in the areas of noise, air quality, and climate change. To ensure sustainable growth for aviation, decision-makers and stake-holders need to be armed with information on balancing environmental and economic …
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Environmental impact assessments in South Africa : improving developmental and environmental decisions
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
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An evaluation of the development of environmental legislation governing environmental impact assessments and integrated environmental management in South Africa
… study provides an overview of the development of environmental assessment legislation in South Africa since the advent of democracy and critically assesses whether an effective regulatory system is in place. Where necessary and appropriate, the study may include aspects of foreign and …
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