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Showing 1 to 20 of 483 for “"environmental issues"”.
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Why states cooperate: international environmental issues
… the rise of regimes to manage international environmental issues in light of these theories. Specifically, I analyze the case of the United States/Canadian water management regime for the Great Lakes first established by the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. I apply both a conventional structural …
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Environmental Issues Associated with Crematoria: A Review
This study aims to educate both funeral industry practitioners and the general public about toxic emissions from crematoria as well as introduce sustainable practices to offset toxic emissions. Using publicly available data from four crematoria around the world, this study examines various factors …
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Implementation of the environmental issues instruction model by elementary teachers
1 PDF file (xv, 184 pages)
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Understanding current environmental issues and their impact on ship design
This thesis is intended to provide recommendations for ship owners and operators on how to prepare for new engine emissions regulations that will be progressively more stringent than current regulations. To provide these recommendations, first a general study of current and future international, …
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Three essays on environmental issues associated with broiler production in Louisiana
The increasing trends of integrated and concentrated broiler production results in a serious threat to environment through excessive litter production and lack of its proper disposal. Production concentration in limited area is a major source of surface as well as ground water pollution. Nonpoint …
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Preparing California Public Middle School Students For Scientific Inquiry into Environmental Issues
<p>Skilled scientists in all fields of study are critically needed to begin resolving ecological problems resulting from human impact. Time is an essential element in creating a proper conceptual foundation and training should begin early in a student’s education. As of 2010, the California State …
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Managerial orientations towards environmental issues: a comparative study of British and German managers
In spite of growing interest in environmental and especially sustainability oriented business literature, little attention has been given to one major actor in this context: the manager. How do managers make sense of environmental issues and deal with them? Even less research has been undertaken to …
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Factors influential in the coverage of environmental issues by the South African press
… years (1987 -1990) have seen an increase in environmental coverage and a widening of the press' interest to include broader environmental issues. This increase raises the question of the way in which the press is presenting environmental issues, since the press could play an important role in …
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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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Behaviour in Common-Pool Resource games: investigating decision-making towards conservation and environmental issues
… economics, social sciences, conservation and environmental sciences have invested a great amount of effort to identify the characteristics that allow groups of individuals to administer and organise the use of common resources. The game used in the current study aimed to further analyse the …
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Environmental issues and house design in Australia : images from theory and practice / Helen Bennetts.
… and the basis of much design advice about environmental issues in house design. Concludes by discussing the implications of these differences for understanding how environmental issues are currently addressed in house design in Australia.
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The strategic management of environmental issues : a case study of Kodak's single-use cameras
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.
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Reflections on Lgbtq in Adolescence: Impact of Social and Environmental Issues on Early Identity Development
… of the question: What are the social and environmental factors that affect the identity development of LGBTQ youth? Designed as a convergent mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) study, the research seeks to examine the perspective of LGBTQ youth to elicit detailed descriptions of …
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Role-play simulations : a tool for transformative civic education and engagement around science-intensive environmental issues
… and engagement around science-intensive environmental issues. I do so by studying the results of the New England Climate Adaptation Project (NECAP). NECAP was a two-year participatory action research project aimed at building the capacity of coastal New England communities to adapt to …
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Journalism's Revolution: Understanding Sience to Escape the Politicial Manipulation of Public Discourse on Scientific nd Environmental Issues
… can unduly affect the coverage on controversial issues like global warming or water pollution. I argue this is because the underlying theory of science journalism does not require enough background in science to recognize potential manipulation. If journalists understood the scientific community …
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Baptist environmentalisms : a comparison of American Baptist and Southern Baptist attitudes, actions and approaches toward environmental issues.
… Baptists and American Baptists have addressed environmental issues during the critical second and third waves of environmental history. With the birth of the modern environmental movement as a logical starting point, Southern Baptist and American Baptist attitudes and actions concerning key …
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The South African textile industry : opportunities and constraints with particular reference to environmental issues and eco-labelling
… this thesis is to analyse and highlight the key issues facing the South African textile industry as it attempts to re-align itself, from an industry that operated in a highly protected manufacturing and policy environment, to an industry confronted with globalisation, increased competition, …
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Speaking for the Trees: Critical Analyses Concerning Young Readers’ Responses to the Representation of Environmental Issues in Picturebooks.
… to the natural world, as well as associated environmental issues. To achieve these research aims, I consider the distinctive qualities of four selected picturebooks and the modes of engagement these texts can potentially afford young readers. The four selected picturebooks are Seeds of Change …
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