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Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches

By: Ralph A. Luken

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Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches

By: Ralph A. Luken

A management agency --such as a publicly or privately owned electric utility -- must, if it is to be efficient in carrying out its day-to-day tasks, have a means of monitoring its performance to assess the efficiency of its operations and the effectiveness of its planning. For example, how did the demand for electricity compare with that assumed in planning? How effective were the incentives applied to induce energy conservation by users? Such ex post analyses are essential for improving the planning process and hence for improving decisions with respect to efficiency and resource allocation. Unfortunately, it seems to be very difficult for public agencies to make such ex post evaluations an integral part of agency activities, whether the agencies are "producers," e. g. , the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation with respect to water resources management, or are regulatory agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food and Drug Administration. Here and there a few ex post analyses of agency programs have been done, but rarely by the responsible agency itself. These analyses have attempted to compare the results actually achieved with the results estimated in planning, either in terms of project outputs or in terms of effectiveness of regulatory and/or economic incentives in inducing desired changes in behavior.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400907370

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Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Assessing the Adoption of Environmentally Sound Technology

By: Ralph Andrew Luken,Frank Van Rompaey

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Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Assessing the Adoption of Environmentally Sound Technology

By: Ralph Andrew Luken,Frank Van Rompaey

This impressive study compares the adoption of environmentally sound technology in industrial sectors in eight developing countries. In combining a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies on rich empirical data the authors open the technological change black box and are able to formulate clear conclusions on the drivers and barriers for technological change. A major contribution to better understanding and governing environmentally-sound technological change. Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, The Netherlands All theory is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green , says Goethe. This book is very green (that is empirical) about a green topic: the adoption of environmentally sound technologies in developing countries, using triangulation for assessing the factors behind such choices. A very nice study on an important topic. René Kemp, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, The Netherlands Industries located in developing countries have made major improvements in environmental performance since the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. More specifically, their record in reducing energy-use and water-pollutant intensities has been better than developed countries. This significant new book investigates what motivates industries in developing countries to adopt environmentally sound technology (EST) a subject about which very little is actually known. The authors present the findings of a United Nations study of the factors that determined EST adoption by 105 manufacturing plants in four different sectors within eight developing countries. They explore both factors internal to the plants as well as external factors including governments, markets and civil society. Environment and Industry in Developing Countries will be of great interest to development assistance agencies supporting programmes for industrial environmental management in developing countries, and also to graduate school programmes in economic development, technology management, as well as in international business.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1847205488

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Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Ralph Luken,Edward Clarence-Smith

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Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Ralph Luken,Edward Clarence-Smith

This book explores the concept of greening industrialisation and issues and considerations surrounding it through the lens of Sub-Saharan Africa. The book critically examines the concept of greening industrialisation and describes the progress and data challenges of monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals confronting African countries. The chapters summarise the policy and programme literature focused on eight policy regimes essential for greening industrialisation and identify opportunities for greening industrial policies. The authors lay out a research agenda that would inform, enable, and support greening industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa and provide an overview of green industrial plans that include climate strategies, energy efficiency strategies, and green industry assessments. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, policy-makers, and planners in the fields of Sub-Saharan African development and African environmentalism.

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116

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Routledge

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1000055426

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9781000055429

Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader

A Different Kind of Senate, 1961-1976

By: Francis Ralph Valeo

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Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader

A Different Kind of Senate, 1961-1976

By: Francis Ralph Valeo

This book is about Mike Mansfield and the U.S. Senate during the period that he served as majority leader. For eight consecutive two-year terms, Mansfield's leadership went uncontested. Extending from 1961 through 1976, it began when John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight D. Eisenhower, continued through the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and ended only with Mansfield's retirement during the presidency of Gerald Ford.

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M.E. Sharpe

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0765604507

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9780765604507

Wetland Indicators

A Guide to Wetland Formation, Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping, Second Edition

By: Ralph W. Tiner

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Wetland Indicators

A Guide to Wetland Formation, Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping, Second Edition

By: Ralph W. Tiner

Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing, classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators - capturing the current state of science's role in wetland recognition and mapping. Environmental scientists and others involved with wetland regulations can strengthen their knowledge about wetlands, and the use of various indicators, to support their decisions on difficult wetland determinations. Professor Tiner primarily focuses on plants, soils, and other signs of wetland hydrology in the soil, or on the surface of wetlands in his discussion of Wetland Indicators. Practicing - and aspiring - wetland delineators alike will appreciate Wetland Indicators' critical insight into the development and significance of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and other factors. Features Color images throughout illustrate wetland indicators. Incorporates analysis and coverage of the latest Army Corps of Engineers delineation manual. Provides over 60 tables, including extensive tables of U.S. wetland plant communities and examples for determining hydrophytic vegetation.

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CRC Press

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1439853703

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Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

Transforming the Industrial State

By: Nicholas A Ashford,Ralph P Hall

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Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

Transforming the Industrial State

By: Nicholas A Ashford,Ralph P Hall

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development offers a unified, transdisciplinary approach for transforming the industrial state in order to promote sustainable development. The authors present a deep analysis of the ways that industrial states – both developed and developing – are currently unsustainable and how economic and social welfare are related to the environment, to public health and safety, and to earning capacity and meaningful and rewarding employment. The authors offer multipurpose solutions to the sustainability challenge that integrate industrial development, employment, technology, environment, national and international law, trade, finance, and public and worker health and safety. The authors present a compelling wake-up call that warns of the collision course set between the current paths of continued growth and inevitable unsustainability in the world today. Offering clear examples and real solutions, this textbook illustrates how the driving forces that are currently promoting unsustainability can be refocused and redesigned to reverse course and improve the state of the world. This book is essential reading for those teaching and studying sustainable development and the critical roles of the economy, employment, and the environment.

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0429886470

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Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar

Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano

By: Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino

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Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar

Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano

By: Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino

This root-based dictionary of the Ilocano language is the most comprehensive dictionary produced of Ilocano (Iloko), the lingua franca of Northern Luzon, and historically the native language of the majority of Filipino immigrants to the United States. The body of the dictionary includes entries for roots and affixes with illustrative sentences, idioms, common derivations, and scientific names (when applicable). Ilocano synonyms are also furnished when appropriate. Derived words that undergo morphological fusion are listed as separate entries to facilitate lexical searches. There is also an affix cross-reference list to help the beginning student recognize root words. Unlike most dictionaries of Philippine languages, it has an extensive English to Ilocano section, information on the pre-Hispanic syllabary, and language maps of the Philippines showing where the largest concentration of Ilocano speakers reside. Of related interest: Let's Speak Ilokano, by Precy Espiritu

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824820886

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Stroke E-Book

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

By: Eng H. Lo,A David Mendelow,Ralph L Sacco,Lawrence KS Wong

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Stroke E-Book

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

By: Eng H. Lo,A David Mendelow,Ralph L Sacco,Lawrence KS Wong

This updated edition of Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management delivers convenient access to the latest research findings and management approaches for cerebrovascular disease. Picking up from where J. P. Mohr and colleagues left off, a new team of editors — Drs. Grotta, Albers, Broderick, Kasner, Lo, Mendelow, Sacco, and Wong — head the sixth edition of this classic text, which is authored by the world’s foremost stroke experts. Comprehensive, expert clinical guidance enables you to recognize the clinical manifestations of stroke, use the latest laboratory and imaging studies to arrive at a diagnosis, and generate an effective medical and surgical treatment plan. Abundant full-color CT images and pathology slides help you make efficient and accurate diagnoses. Data from late-breaking endovascular trials equips you with recent findings. Includes comprehensive coverage of advances in molecular biology of cell death; risk factors and prevention; advances in diagnostics and stroke imaging; and therapeutic options, including a thorough review of thrombolytic agents and emerging data for endovascular therapy. Features brand-new chapters on Intracellular Signaling: Mediators and Protective Responses; The Neurovascular Unit and Responses to Ischemia; Mechanisms of Cerebral Hemorrhage; Stroke Related to Surgery and Other Procedures; Cryptogenic Stroke; and Interventions to Improve Recovery after Stroke. Highlights new information on genetic risk factors; primary prevention of stroke; infectious diseases and stroke; recovery interventions such as robotics, brain stimulation, and telerehabilitation; and trial design. Details advances in diagnostic tests, such as ultrasound, computed tomography (including CT angiography and CT perfusion), MRI (including MR perfusion techniques), and angiography. Includes extracted and highlighted evidence levels. Expert Consult eBook version included with print purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references on a variety of devices. The content can also be downloaded to tablets and smart phones for offline use.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323328059

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9780323328050

Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 2004

For the 2004 Market Illustrated

By: Ralph M. Kovel,Terry H. Kovel

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Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 2004

For the 2004 Market Illustrated

By: Ralph M. Kovel,Terry H. Kovel

Alphabetically arranged entries provides retail prices for more than 50,000 different antiques and collectibles, with photographs, factory marks and logos, and a special report on record-breaking prices for 2003.

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1400046645

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Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Assessing the Adoption of Environmentally Sound Technology

By: Ralph Andrew Luken,Frank Van Rompaey

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Assessing the Adoption of Environmentally Sound Technology

By: Ralph Andrew Luken,Frank Van Rompaey

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Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches

By: Ralph A. Luken

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A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches

By: Ralph A. Luken

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Posthumous Works of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw

By: Ralph Wardlaw

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Posthumous Works of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw

By: Ralph Wardlaw

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Greening Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader

Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader

Wetland Indicators

Wetland Indicators

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar

Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar

Stroke E-Book

Stroke E-Book

Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 2004

Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 2004

Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Environment and Industry in Developing Countries

Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

Efficiency in Environmental Regulation

Posthumous Works of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw

Posthumous Works of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw

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