Caps on Non-economic Damages: Non-economic damages compensate injured consumers for intangible but real injuries, like infertility, permanent disability, disfigurement, pain and suffering, loss of a limb or other physical impairment.
Economic growth
the growth in wealth of a nation. This is measured by an increase in the total value of goods produced by a country in a year (GDP), or by the amount of money made by the population (national income).
Economic Poisons: Chemicals used to control pests and to defoliate cash crops such as cotton.
Ecosphere: The "bio-bubble" that contains life on earth, in surface waters, and in the air. (see Biosphere) ...
economic base study A study that evaluates the economic structure of a region to provide economic and demographic projections necessary for the appraisal of future water resource needs.
Economic Impact: Eighty-seven percent of voters believe that it is "at least somewhat likely" that stronger national environmental standards will result in higher taxes.
Economic instruments can be broadly defined as policy tools which take advantage of market principles to achieve their objectives ...
uneconomic growth: the idea that not all economic growth is good, and some growth can have adverse impacts on the environment, society and individuals' quality of life.
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Total Economic Value - In ecosystem service valuation, the total economic value of an ecosystem or the service considered. This is the sub of the values of all uses (and non-uses) of that ecosystem or service.
Economic Commission for Africa
ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Economic Approach to Environment and Natural Resources...
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Environmental Economics and Management
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Economics interfaces with environment in three main areas: the environment is a source of natural resources; the environment provides "natural goods" (landscape, scenic views, wilderness, all species of wildlife), ...
An economic method for assessing the benefits and costs of achieving alternative health-based standards at given levels of health protection.
Benthic Organism ...
ECOREP: ECONOMICS AND CORPORATE REPORTING
Words between "{" in translations are used as short names for contexts (or subjects). These codes are used when there is no exact equivalence between the source and the target language.
Recycling Economic Development Advocates: Individuals hired by state or tribal economic development offices to focus financial, marketing, and permitting resources on creating recycling businesses.
burden = economic and social cost of amelioration and mitigation strategy
burden share = means of defining, measuring and deciding on who shall bear the economic and social cost of amelioration and mitigation strategy
c = centi- ...
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS (Environmental Issue #188)
TREE-HUGGERS TRADE IN ROSE-COLORED GLASSES
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Eco-Economics - Environmental Strategies to
Save the Planet and the Economy ...
Machine planting is economical when establishing large plantations, but requires relatively flat, slash-free terrain. Currently little land is machine planted in the southeastern U.S.
BACT -Best Available Control Technology An emission limitation based on the maximum degree of emission reduction (considering energy, environmental and economic impacts) achievable through application of production processes and available methods, ...
Pollution Dustmites E E-cycling E-waste Earth Day Eco-label Ecobags Ecocity Ecocity Builders Ecodesign Ecological Anthropology Ecological Debt Ecological Deficit/Reserve Ecological Economics ...
Eco-Efficiency The relationship between economic output (product, service, activity) and environmental impact added caused by production, consumption and disposal. ...
Great Depression:the worst economic collapse in the history of the modern world. It began with the stock market crash of 1929 and lasted through the late 1930s.
Economic injury level (EIL) The level of pest abundance above which it costs less to control the pest than is saved by pest control, but below which it costs more than is saved.
Why then are so many companies clamouring to get into such an economically marginal and ecologically unsound business? Because over the decades, powerful agribusiness lobbies have wangled huge government subsidies to grow corn.
SEIA- Socioeconomic Impact Analysis
SEM- Standard Error of the Means
SEP- Standard Evaluation Procedures
SEP- Supplementary Environmental Project
SEPWC- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
SERC- State Emergency Planning Commission ...
Fisher (2003) "The Impacts of Socioeconomic Development and Climate Change on Severe Weather Catastrophe Losses: Mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) and the U.S." Climate Change, vol. 58 pp. 149
Dyurgerov, Mark B and Mark F. Meier (2005).
Global climate change is a great topic for students to study because it integrates so many subjects: earth science, chemistry, biology, geography, economics, and more.
Risk management The process of deciding how and to what extent to reduce or eliminate risk factors by considering the risk assessment, engineering factors (Can procedures or equipment do the job, for how long and how well?), social, economic and ...
Although the combination of scientific consensus and economic incentives were enough to persuade the governments of more than 150 countries to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, there are issues about just how much greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet.
Be consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, ...
It takes into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, societal and socioeconomic considerations, ...
The continuing commitment by businesses to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workplace as well as the local community and society at large; a company’ ...
These are of prime economic importance because they encompass the constituents of the major fossil fuels, petroleum and natural gas, as well as anthropogenically produced plastics, waxes, and oils.
Flood damage: The economic loss caused by floods, including damage by inundation, erosion, and/or sediment deposition. Damages also include emergency costs and business or financial losses.
Return On Investment (ROI) - An economic indicator that is used to evaluate the effectiveness of an investment. It is calculated as the ratio of the amount gained or lost relative to the amount invested.
so far as is reasonably achievable, social and economic factors being taken into account'. This is the basis of the ALARA principle, and the UK ALARP principle (but ALARP does not consider social and economic factors and is developed from Case Law)).
Thus, while using large amounts of energy to achieve economic growth, the US and other wealthy nations have unintentionally burdened the rest of the world with a long-term problem.
Fair Trade - A certification scheme that evaluates the economic, social and environmental impacts of the production and trade of agricultural products, in particular: coffee, sugar, tea, chocolate, and others.
Sustainable: Systems that are sustainable focus on human economic systems that last longer and have less impact on the environment, particularly relating to concern over major global problems like the climate crisis and oil depletion.
Decision-making process involving considerations of political, social, economic, and engineering factors with relevant risk assessments relating to a potential hazard so as to develop, analyse, ...
Natural capital is the flow of ecosystem goods and services that interact with the human economic system. The idea of natural capital expands economic models to include natural resources that have value to humanity but no inherent price.
Preserving and renewing natural resources to assure their highest economic or social benefit over the longest period of time.
Fair Trade: A social movement that promotes standards for international labor and gives workers a sense of economic self sufficiency through fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged populations.
Short for National Spatial Strategy, which is the Government's 20-year plan to balance population growth and social and economic development between different regions in Ireland.
All waters beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (more than 200 nautical miles) of the United States and beyond any foreign nation's EEZ.
Hook-and-Line ...
conservation : Preserving and renewing natural resources to assure their highest economic or social benefit over the longest period of time.
Land degradation: The reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity from rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands. Land degradation usually results from unsustainable land use.
Leading experts on climate change and environmental, social, and economic sciences from some 60 nations have helped the IPCC to prepare periodic assessments of the scientific underpinnings for understanding global climate change and its consequences.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, ...
SCRAP That portion of solid waste which can be economically recycled.
SD Steel drums.
SECONDARY MATERIAL See: Post consumer material; Post industrial material.
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP): A method for looking ahead using environmental, engineering, social, financial and economic considerations; ...
commercial extinction - the depletion of a population to the point where fisherman cannot catch enough to be economically worthwhile.
communities of color - Hispanic, black or Asian people or groups living together or connected in some way.
Aquifer/Aquifer System: A water-bearing layer(formation) of rock or sediment capable of yielding sufficient, economical quantities of water to wells. Typically is unconsolidated deposits or sandstone or limestone. DIAGRAM ...
An integrated approach aiming to achieve both environmental quality and economic efficiency through the redesign of industrial systems
Diversion rate ...
factors which may include economic factors; 2) the system
was in operation on the effective date of the MCL or
treatment technique requirement; and 3) the exemption will ...
A soil in which the chemical, physical and biological conditions are favorable for the economical production of crops suited to a particular area.
productivity (soil) ...
American Truck Dealers (ATD)
ATAEs (State & Metro Associations)
Americans Well-informed on Automobile Retailing Economics (AWARE)
Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) ...
Agenda 21 not only aims to solve environmental problems but also covers the economic and social injustice in the world.Democracy,equality and the fight against poverty play an important role.
Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT): An air emission limitation that applies to existing sources and is based on the maximum degree of reduction achievable, taking into account environmental, energy, and economic impacts by each ...
Study of the distribution of disease, or other health-related states and events in human populations, as related to such factors as age, sex, occupation, ethnic, and economic status in order to identify and alleviate health problems and promote ...
Materials Market: combination of manufacturing interests which buy recyclable materials and process them for reuse. The demand for goods made of recycled materials determines the economic feasibility of recycling and resource recovery.
 See also: Environment, Environmental, Waste, Water, Air
  
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