51 Электронные книги Science and Technology for Sustainability Program
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico
This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexico Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting t …
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€31.58
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Agricultural Water Management
This report contains a collection of papers from a workshop Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunis …
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€37.47
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels
The National Research Council’s Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted "Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuel …
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€31.39
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships
Sustainable developmentmeeting human needs while nurturing and restoring the planet’s life support systemsrequires a continuous process of scientific innovation, new knowledge and learning, and colla …
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€30.89
Committee on Certification of Sustainable Products and Services & National Research Council: Certifiably Sustainable?
Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product. This trend of …
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€34.73
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Expanding Biofuel Production and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels
While energy prices, energy security, and climate change are front and center in the national media, these issues are often framed to the exclusion of the broader issue of sustainabilityensuring that …
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€40.33
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships
Sustainable developmentmeeting human needs while nurturing and restoring the planet’s life support systemsrequires a continuous process of scientific innovation, new knowledge and learning, and colla …
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€44.77
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Expanding Biofuel Production and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels
While energy prices, energy security, and climate change are front and center in the national media, these issues are often framed to the exclusion of the broader issue of sustainabilityensuring that …
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€51.36
Committee on Certification of Sustainable Products and Services & National Research Council: Certifiably Sustainable?
Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product. This trend of …
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€50.18
Committee on the Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
More than half of the world’s people now live in cities. In the United States, the figure is 80 percent. It is worthwhile to consider how this trend of increased urbanization, if inevitable, could be …
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€31.46
Committee on the Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
More than half of the world’s people now live in cities. In the United States, the figure is 80 percent. It is worthwhile to consider how this trend of increased urbanization, if inevitable, could be …
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€44.93
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Agricultural Water Management
This report contains a collection of papers from a workshop Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunis …
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€52.70
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico
This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexico Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting t …
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€45.04
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
This report summarizes a workshop Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants held June 7-10, 2004, in Beijing, China. The pres …
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€21.95
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels
The National Research Council’s Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted "Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuel …
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€44.92
Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
The U.S. population is more than 80 percent urban. Recognizing that many metropolitan areas in the United States have been experimenting with various approaches to sustainability, and that despite th …
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€21.19
Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
The U.S. population is more than 80 percent urban. Recognizing that many metropolitan areas in the United States have been experimenting with various approaches to sustainability, and that despite th …
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€21.74
Committee on Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & National Research Council: 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. …
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€41.67
Committee on Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & National Research Council: 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. …
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€38.49
Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge & National Research Council: Sustainability Challenge
The National Research Council’s Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associated with food security for all. The firs …
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€3.85
Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge & National Research Council: Sustainability Challenge
The National Research Council’s Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associated with food security for all. The firs …
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€53.25
Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government & National Research Council: Sustainability for the Nation
A "sustainable society, " according to one definition, "is one that can persist over generations; one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine eithe …
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€3.83
Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government & National Research Council: Sustainability for the Nation
A "sustainable society, " according to one definition, "is one that can persist over generations; one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine eithe …
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€47.51
Committee on Fostering Sustainability Considerations into Public and Private Sector Procurement Tools and Capabilities & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities
Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders have imposed requirements for federal agencies to move toward the sustainable acquisition of goods and services, including the incorporation of sustain …
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€3.84
Committee on Fostering Sustainability Considerations into Public and Private Sector Procurement Tools and Capabilities & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities
Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders have imposed requirements for federal agencies to move toward the sustainable acquisition of goods and services, including the incorporation of sustain …
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€38.68
Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on Portland & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council’s Science and Technology for Sustainabilit …
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€3.85
Committee on Regional Approaches to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on Portland & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council’s Science and Technology for Sustainabilit …
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€43.65
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While m …
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€3.84
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While m …
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€52.74
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability: Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making
In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes …
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€3.85
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability: Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making
In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes …
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€50.13
Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
The workshop was convened to explore the region’s approach to urban sustainability, with an emphasis on building the evidence base upon which new policies and programs might be developed. Participant …
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€3.81
Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region & National Research Council: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
The workshop was convened to explore the region’s approach to urban sustainability, with an emphasis on building the evidence base upon which new policies and programs might be developed. Participant …
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€40.04
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Considerations for the Future of Animal Science Research: Critical Role of Animal Science Research in Food Security and Sustainability
By 2050 the world’s population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence, a substantial increase in per capita m …
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€3.81
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Considerations for the Future of Animal Science Research: Critical Role of Animal Science Research in Food Security and Sustainability
By 2050 the world’s population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence, a substantial increase in per capita m …
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€83.63
Committee on the Practice of Sustainability Science & Policy and Global Affairs: Integrating Landscape Approaches and Multi-Resource Analysis into Natural Resource Management
The responsible management of natural resources for present-day needs and future generations requires integrated approaches that are place-based, embrace systems thinking, and incorporate the social, …
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€3.85
Committee on the Practice of Sustainability Science & Policy and Global Affairs: Integrating Landscape Approaches and Multi-Resource Analysis into Natural Resource Management
The responsible management of natural resources for present-day needs and future generations requires integrated approaches that are place-based, embrace systems thinking, and incorporate the social, …
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€63.40
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Transition Toward Sustainability After 15 Years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation: Transitioning Toward Sustainability
In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to "reinvigorate the ess …
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€3.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Transition Toward Sustainability After 15 Years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation: Transitioning Toward Sustainability
In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to "reinvigorate the ess …
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€50.18
Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities & Policy and Global Affairs: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world’s population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured mo …
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€3.84
Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities & Policy and Global Affairs: Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world’s population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured mo …
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€70.62
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Committee on an Evaluation of Permanent Supportive Housing Programs for Homeless Individuals: Permanent Supportive Housing
Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuation …
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€3.82
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Committee on an Evaluation of Permanent Supportive Housing Programs for Homeless Individuals: Permanent Supportive Housing
Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuation …
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€62.89
Committee on Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Workshop on Impacts & Policy and Global Affairs: Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste
Even as malnutrition in the form of hunger and obesity affect the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide, a significant amount of food is lost or wasted every day, in every country, an …
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€3.83
Committee on Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Workshop on Impacts & Policy and Global Affairs: Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste
Even as malnutrition in the form of hunger and obesity affect the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide, a significant amount of food is lost or wasted every day, in every country, an …
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€64.18
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
This report summarizes a workshop Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants held June 7-10, 2004, in Beijing, China. The pres …
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€14.86
Committee on Advancing Urban Sustainability in China and the United States: A Workshop & Policy and Global Affairs: Advancing Urban Sustainability in China and the United States
In November 2018, National Academy of Sciences (NAS) President Marcia Mc Nutt visited China for the first time in her official role. As part of this visit, the National Academies of Sciences, Enginee …
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€41.92
Board on Higher Education and Workforce & Committee on Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels: Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
Over the past decade there has been a growing interest in sustainability education in colleges and universities across the United States, with a marked increase in the number of undergraduate and gra …
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€62.92
Committee on Operationalizing Sustainable Development & Policy and Global Affairs: Operationalizing Sustainable Development to Benefit People and the Planet
The COVID-19 pandemic and overlapping global crises, including geopolitical conflict and climate change, have made achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) more challeng …
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€21.86
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development
This report summarizes a workshop organized by the National Academies’ Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. The workshop brought together a select group of program managers from t …
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€47.51
National Research Council & Policy and Global Affairs: Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development
This report summarizes a workshop organized by the National Academies’ Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. The workshop brought together a select group of program managers from t …
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€32.98
