Dissertations / Theses: 'Environmetal protection'

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Liu, Xin. "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." Diss., lmu, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-117709.

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David, Alberto Gallegos. "International trade and environmental protection." Thesis, University of Essex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.398621.

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Wall, Don Hargrove Eugene C. "Earth tones how environmental journalism and environmental ethics influence environmental citizenship /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3907.

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Portela, Samuel Victor da Silva. "Relation Society and Environmental Protection: Study in the Surrounding Area of Environmental Protection Dunefield Paracuru - EC." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2009. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=9219.

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The Environmental Protection Area (APA) of the Field of Dunes is the largest Conservation Unit (UC) of the City of Paracuru. Comprising for 3909.60 hectares the APA has the environmental characteristics of the dunes that make up an ecosystem of ecological balance naturally fragile and in constant state of risk in relation to human intervention, but with a great ecological value and tourism. This area has a fundamental importance for the city, it is situated near the center of the municipal office and is in the process of increasing urbanization, including in areas of permanent preservation (APP) in its interior. With the present study, we tried to analyze the relations existing between the preservation of the APA of the field of Paracuru Dunes, and the use and occupancy of this by the around communities. The guiding elements for the theoretical and empirical analysis of the issue and execution of this research were the Environment, the Public Power and Society. As research techniques were used, the research literature, documentary research, non-participant observation and structured interviews and participatory research. The results enabled the development of a real scenery and this showed that the lack of synergy between the Public Power and community entities have been disclosed as a factor in worsening environmental conditions and quality of life for residents around the Environmental Protection Area of the Field of Dunes of the City of Paracuru-CE. With the diagnosis of field and the aid of a matrix of responsibilities, built in participatory research, we guide the Public Power and the communities around of the APA on the need to discuss the ideal scenery and analyze its viability, aiming at to construct the viable scenery for the area, under the support of the Environmental and Organic Laws of the Municipality.
A Ãrea de ProteÃÃo Ambiental (APA) do Campo de Dunas Ã a maior Unidade de ConservaÃÃo (UC) do MunicÃpio de Paracuru. Composta por 3.909,60 hectares a APA apresenta as peculiaridades ambientais das Dunas, que compÃem um ecossistema de equilÃbrio ecolÃgico naturalmente frÃgil e em permanente estado de risco, face Ãs intervenÃÃes antrÃpicas, mas com um grande valor ecolÃgico e turÃstico. Esta Ãrea possui uma importÃncia fundamental para a cidade, pois se encontra situada prÃxima ao centro da sede municipal e estÃ em processo crescente de urbanizaÃÃo, inclusive em Ãreas de PreservaÃÃo Permanente (APP) no seu interior. Com o presente estudo, buscou-se analisar as relaÃÃes atuais entre a preservaÃÃo da APA do Campo de Dunas de Paracuru e o uso e ocupaÃÃo desta pelas comunidades do entorno. Os elementos norteadores teÃricos e empÃricos para a anÃlise do tema e execuÃÃo desta pesquisa foram o Meio Ambiente, o Poder PÃblico e a Sociedade. Como tÃcnicas de pesquisa utilizaram-se, a pesquisa bibliogrÃfica, pesquisa documental, observaÃÃo nÃo participante e entrevista estruturada e a pesquisa participativa. Os resultados permitiram a elaboraÃÃo de um cenÃrio real e este mostrou que a falta de sinergia entre o Poder PÃblico e as entidades comunitÃrias tem se revelado como um fator de agravamento das condiÃÃes ambientais e da qualidade de vida dos moradores do entorno da Ãrea de ProteÃÃo Ambiental do Campo de Dunas do MunicÃpio de Paracuru â CE. Com o diagnÃstico de campo e o auxÃlio de uma matriz de responsabilidades, construÃdos nas pesquisas participativas, pudemos orientar o Poder PÃblico e as comunidades do entorno da APA na necessidade de discutir o cenÃrio ideal e analisar a sua viabilidade, visando construir o cenÃrio viÃvel para a Ãrea, sob o respaldo das Leis Ambientais e OrgÃnica do MunicÃpio.

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Chan, Chi-keong Johnson. "The urban environmental park." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2594941x.

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Fleming, Anthony Edmund. "Voluntary responses for environmental protection, an analysis of the role of voluntary compliance in environmental protection in Ontario." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22303.pdf.

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Side, Jonathan. "Offshore safety, environmental and fishery resource protection." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1073.

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Guckian, Jacqueline. "Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: An Internship Report." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196169547.

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Lam, Kit-yin Canace. "Battling for the environment on Peng Chau." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25205808.

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Mueller, John Frederick. "An analysis of the correspondence of environmental coverage in Ohio's six major metropolitan newspapers to citizen perception of environmental problems." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1145420206.

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Wall, Don. "Earth Tones: How Environmental Journalism and Environmental Ethics Influence Environmental Citizenship." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3907/.

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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 necessary. It applies to individuals, communities, large and small companies and corporations, governments, and a coalition of nations. Environmental philosophers and environmental journalists can work together, in a symbiotic way, to foster discussions among citizens and policy makers about ideas as well as events, and thus, influence attitudes and policies, and continue to influence environmental citizenship. Environmental citizenship as an extension of democracy offers the best chance for undoing the manmade problems which are degrading the quality of life on Earth. A healthier environment is the will of the people. An informed, voting public will succeed in creating a healthier environment. Pioneering work by philosophers and journalists, especially over the last forty-five years has brought the dialogue about environmental problems to an unprecedented level and continues to offer encouragement to the mindful evolution of mankind. These ecological discussions of rights and responsibilities, intrinsic and economic values, pragmatism and utilitarianism, culture and spirit, are increasingly being applied to a developing idea of sustainability, and are, thus, helping to expand ideas about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy.

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Briere, Caitlin Summer. "Gender and environmental treaties is female empowerment the key to environmental protection? /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/644679631/viewonline.

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Theil, Stefan. "Towards the environmental minimum : an argument for environmental protection through human rights." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271827.

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Chapter one offers an introduction and a general outline of argument. Chapter two lays out the current scholarship on human rights and the environment and presents rejoinders to three prominent lines of objection to linking human rights and environmental interests: conceptual, those arising from issues of recognition, vagueness and conflicts between human rights, ecological, especially from those seeking protections for the environment regardless of its utility to humans, and those wishing to expand human rights beyond human interests, and adjudication concerns, namely from those sceptical that the polycentric nature of environmental issues create an insurmountable barrier to any significant improvements through judicially enforced human rights. Chapter three introduces and defends the environmental minimum as a normative framework for systematically conceptualizing the relationship between human rights and the environment. As such, it is chiefly concerned with ensuring a good faith regulatory engagement with environmental pollution: specific risks to recognised human rights trigger the environmental minimum, which then provides minimum standards (legal, established and emerging) that set the standard of review for determining whether a violation of human rights has occurred. Chapter four deals with the crucial empirical argument, outlining how the framework can systematically account for and consistently guide the further development of the case law under the European Convention on Human Rights. This conclusion rests on a comprehensive analysis of the environmental case law since 1950 using quantitative methods to expose doctrinal patterns previously not recognized in legal scholarship. Finally, chapter five explores and evaluates the potential benefits of the environmental minimum framework beyond human rights adjudication. Specifically, it investigates benefits to the varied fields of public law, regulatory policy, International Environmental Law, constitutionalism, and other international human rights treaties.

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You, Xia. "A concept database for environmental planning /." This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020139/.

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Lam, Chi-kei Jacqueline. "From awareness to action : problems of environmental education campaigns in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23424898.

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Lau, Wing-wah. "The marketing of environmental protection technologies in Hong Kong : developments to-date, potentials, and constraints /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13814047.

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Lee, Sui-on Philip. "Legal and economic aspects of market-based environmental controls in Hong Kong and elsewhere /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1349871X.

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Swart, Rosemary Helen. "Environmental protection of geological monuments in South Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envs973.pdf.

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Ulvsbäck, Anna. "Standardizing individual environmental protection as a human right /." Zürich [u.a.] : Schulthess, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/391432400.pdf.

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Ng, Hang-sau, and 伍杏修. "Participation of grassroots' organization in environmental protection policy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249346.

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Kaka, Imraan. "Corporate self-regulation and environmental protection / Imraan Kaka." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8742.

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Ng, Hang-sau. "Participation of grassroots' organization in environmental protection policy /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13417885.

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Mullen, Patrick Carleton University Dissertation International Affairs. "State interests and the Arctic environmental protection strategy." Ottawa, 1994.

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Amini, Sina. "Sustainable development : integrating environmental protection with economic interests." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-133302.

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Yang, Peifang. "Making tradeoffs for environmental protection and policy design." Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3610182.

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There are always painful tradeoffs in environmental problems. In the current period, the tradeoff. has to be made between consuming environmental goods and "dirty" goods. Since many pollutants accumulate in nature and cause long time problems, the current period's decision also has important impacts on future generations. This yields another tradeoff. between control of the pollution flow and cleanup of the pollution stock in the future. For a local government, tradeoffs between strict environmental policies and local economic prosperity are also concerns.

This thesis analyzes the tradeoffs made by households, firms and government under different policy regimes. Chapter 2 considers assigning tradable permits to households that are suffering from pollution generated by firms. The households can sell a limited number of permits to polluters according to personal preferences for environmental goods and "dirty" goods. It is shown that, the market transaction between households and polluters can achieve the efficient pollution level. Chapter 3 considers a case in which the stock pollution is reversible with capital investment. In a natural resource extraction model with externalities of heavy metal pollution in the surrounding farmland, the firms tradeoff. between controlling the pollution flow and abating the pollution stock, as well as the firms extraction decisions are analyzed. Chapter 4 derives the optimal environmental bond required by a local government as a financial assurance for inducing firms to do pollution abatement. A local government needs to make tradeoffs between charging a large amount of bond and encouraging local economic prosperity. For a local government, the optimal bond amount does not necessarily cover the worst-case scenario. This thesis contributes to environmental policy design by considering the interests of different parties.

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West, Thomas Ernest Riversdale Barker. "Human and nonhuman rights approaches to environmental protection." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43241/.

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This thesis is concerned with the legal theory behind environmental rights. There are a number of different approaches that deploy rights as a mechanism to bring about environmental protection within international law, all of which can be termed ‘environmental rights’. These include a human right to a healthy environment and procedural environmental rights. But there are also theories that support a more innovative or extensive use of legal rights for protecting the natural world. Notably, many of these theories concern the introduction of nonhuman rights (animal rights or rights of nature). This thesis investigates the theory behind and the practical structure of these various approaches, as well as analysing the very concept of ‘rights’. The original contribution to knowledge is threefold. I present a case for a human right to a healthy environment to be defined broadly: measured according to human and ecosystem health, and conceived as a right of both individuals and peoples; I rigorously apply both Interest Theory and Hohfeld’s analysis of rights to human rights and thus construct a clear model for the structure of the sort of rights found in human rights (termed ‘vital rights’); and I extend the philosophical theory behind human rights (and in particular the concept of dignity) towards the growing field of rights of nature. Considered holistically, the thesis presents and suggests modes of thinking that seek to soften the divide between humanity and nature. This is done through a consideration of lived experience as always already ecologically embedded. As a result, the subject of vital rights (human rights included) should be understood as ecologically embedded living beings, opening the door to both nonhuman rights and new fields for human rights.

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Chu, Thi Thu Ha. "Natural disaster, catastrophe and environmental protection in Vietnam." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-227752.

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During development process, especially under the impact of climate change, natural disaster is one of the major challenges. In fact, the degree of devastation of natural disasters such as storms, floods and landslides are enormous, causing severe damage to people, property and environmental degradation. These natural disasters increasingly occurring more frequently in the last 20 years claimed the lives of many people. Unlike natural disasters, catastrophes are often related to human factors. Thus, the policy on response, treatment should also take into account the legal process in order to ensure that the principle of the polluter must bear responsibility after incidents and catastrophes. The catastrophe is a serious disruption of a community activity, causing loss of life, environment and material on a large scale. Normally catastrophe is beyond the capacity of affected communities to cope with, if only sources power of that community is used. The impact of economic - social development, climate change and natural disasters, environmental pollution situation, the capacity to respond to environmental incidents ... has been the pressure and challenge to Vietnam
Trong quá trình phát triển, đặc biệt dưới tác động của biến đổi khí hậu, thiên tai là một trong những thách thức lớn. Trong thực tế, mức độ tàn phá của thiên tai như bão, lũ và sạt lở đất là rất lớn, gây thiệt hại nặng nề về người, tài sản và gây suy thoái môi trường. Những thảm họa do thiên tai gây ra đang ngày càng xảy ra thường xuyên hơn trong 20 năm qua, cướp đi sinh mạng của nhiều người. Khác với thiên tai, thảm họa môi trường thường liên quan đến yếu tố con người. Do đó, chính sách ứng phó, xử lý cũng cần tính đến các quá trình pháp lý nhằm đảm bảo nguyên tắc người gây ô nhiễm phải chịu trách nhiệm sau sự cố, thảm họa. Thảm họa là sự phá vỡ nghiêm trọng hoạt động của một cộng đồng, gây ra những tổn thất về người, môi trường, vật chất trên diện rộng. Thảm họa thường vượt quá khả năng đối phó của cộng đồng bị ảnh hưởng nếu chỉ sử dụng các nguồn lực của cộng đồng đó. Tác động của sự phát triển kinh tế - xã hội, biến đổi khí hậu và thiên tai, thực trạng ô nhiễm môi trường, năng lực ứng phó với sự cố môi trường… đã và đang là những áp lực và thách thức không nhỏ với Việt Nam

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Hawkesworth, Simon. "Strategies and constraints for environmental protection in Nicaragua." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2002. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18913/.

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Nicaragua faces tremendous problems in relation to environmental and social conditions as well as continuing conflicts over access to natural and economic resources. The loss of forests and other essential eco-systems, the extinction of unique species, the degradation of soils and farmland, poverty, ill heath, exploitation and great inequalities of wealth and power remain on-going processes and essential characteristics of Nicaragua. These conditions represent an environmental crisis that threatens the country's ecological and social well-being. The thesis considers the historical causes of the environmental crisis looking at the impact of the introduction of particular political and economic structures, the development of the dictatorship of Somocisnio in Nicaragua and the impact of US hegemony in the region. It further considers why the strategies adopted by successive administrations and international organisations have failed to adequately address Nicaragua's environmental problems. The need for radical political and economic change as a means to address the underlying structural causes of environmental degradation is investigated in relation to Nicaragua. However, the examination of the effects of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua is also used to reveal important insights into the impact of structural change on the environment and the necessity to include other, reformist components in any solution. Post-Revolutionary strategies and the current emphasis on NGO and community based sustainable agricultural programmes are examined in detail to evaluate the importance of this approach for environmental protection. In addition to an examination of the effectiveness of the strategies of the post-revolutionary state, a case study analysis of Programa Campesino-a-Campesfno, the most prominent and successful example of the new, community-based initiatives, is used to illustrate the generic problems and opportunities present in the new 'paradigm' of localism and sustainable agriculture. While these new initiatives may provide key components to a solution, the study considers whether by themselves, they have the capacity to address the underlying causes of degradation. The study concludes that the environmental crisis is primarily a result of the particular development model that has arisen in the region since the colonial conquest, and which has facilitated the development of a system based on the highly unequal distribution of resources and power. Consequently, the causes of the crisis are essentially structural in nature, requiring that radical changes be made to the political and economic structures of society. However, the lesson of Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution, during which environmental degradation continued despite a series of structural and socio-political changes, indicates that structural changes do not of themselves, guarantee environmental sustainability. Equally, the limitations of programmes such as Campesino-a-Campesino reveal that a reliance on agroecological and community-based methodologies is also flawed. Therefore, progress towards social and environmental justice in Nicaragua requires a combination of radical changes to political and economic structures, alongside the use of ecologicalbased agricultural and land management practices. This means that inequalities in land and natural resource ownership are addressed in order to provide sustainable economic and ecological systems within which Nicaraguans can attempt the longterm management and protection of their environment. The introduction of these new practices must include the participation and skills of local populations in any process of change. Redistribution of wealth and resources must be accompanied by a redistribution of power so that the control and development of these changes and initiatives, develop from, and reside in, the hands of ordinary Nicaraguans.

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Pitman, Sheryn Dee. "Community participation in environmental rehabilitation /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envp685.pdf.

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Yau, Mei-po Mable. "A study of the implementation of environmental protection policies in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14023921.

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Galose, William B. "Three empirical essays regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's supplemental environmental projects policy /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1421614601&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-179). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Lawton, Amy. "Environmental taxation as a form of environmental protection : exploring the carbon reduction commitment." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8491/.

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This thesis looks at the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme. This is a green tax on energy consumption that targets large businesses not already covered by the EU ETS or CCAs. The CRC has been reformed on numerous occasions and will now come to an end in 2019. Importantly, the CRC has received relatively little academic attention, especially in legal scholarship. Drawing upon 31 original, semi structured interviews with regulatees, solicitors and the Environment Agency; and a quantitative analysis of emissions under the scheme, this PhD will begin to tell the story of how the CRC has been perceived by those who pay it. This is an account of how different regulatory aspects send deeper messages to regulatees. In particular, this thesis considers: stability; competence of the regulator; nudging; positive incentives; and the efficiency of the CRC. As such, this thesis draws on a wide range of literature in order to analyse the above themes in light of the original data from the empirical study. This thesis concludes that how regulation is packaged and presented to regulatees is critical and can affect how they engage with a regulatory scheme such as the CRC.

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Martin, Danielle L. "A case study of Pennsylvania's antidegradation program the Special Protection Waters Program /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1996. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Man, Chi-sum. "Towards sustainable development in China, a case study of Foshan City, Guangdong Province /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17545778.

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Kabba, Munya G. "A discourse analysis of technical rationality for environmental protection." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ35900.pdf.

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Vedder, Hans Hermann Bernard. "Competition law and environmental protection in Europe towards sustainability? /." Groningen : Amsterdam : Europa Law Publishing ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2003. http://dare.uva.nl/document/67768.

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Shen, Bo. "The role of sugar polyols in environmental stress protection." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289133.

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Although the protective effects of polyols against environmental stress have been demonstrated, mechanisms through which protection is accomplished are unknown. In this dissertation, the potential functions of sugar polyols in osmotic stress protection have been investigated. The function of mannitol as a hydroxyl radical scavenger in plant cells has been tested by using a transgenic plant approach. The presence of mannitol in transgenic plant cells enhanced the hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity and protected phosphoribulokinase from oxidative inactivation. Transgenic plants showed increased resistance to methylviologen (MV)-induced oxidative stress, as documented by increased retention of chlorophyll in transgenic leaf tissue following MV treatment. In addition, mesophyll cells from transgenic plants exhibited higher CO₂ fixation than wild type. It was concluded that mannitol localized in chloroplasts can supplement endogenous radical scavenging mechanisms and reduce oxidative damage of cells by hydroxyl radicals. The role of polyols in osmotic adjustment was evaluated in yeast. A bacterial mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase gene and an apple sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gene were introduced into a glycerol-deficient yeast mutant. The presence of sorbitol and mannitol in transformants provided remarkable protection against salt stress. However, this protection was much less than the protection provided by the same concentration of glycerol in the transformants of glycerol-3-P dehydrogenase gene (GPD1). The reduced protection by mannitol and sorbitol suggested that osmotic adjustment by glycerol was either not sufficient for acquisition of salt tolerance or that glycerol had specific functions for which mannitol and sorbitol could not substitute. To understand the role of glycerol in salt tolerance, salt-tolerant suppressor mutants were isolated from the glycerol-deficient mutants. One such suppressor mutant, sr13, partially suppressed the salt-sensitive phenotype of the glycerol-deficient mutant, most likely, due to the double amount of K⁺ accumulated under salt stress. The accumulation of K⁺ and extrusion of Na⁺ in sr13 were not inhibited by a calcineurin inhibitor (FK506), suggesting SR13 may function downstream of the calcineurin signaling pathway or in a separate pathway that regulated ion homeostasis under salt stress.

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Yip, Pui-wah Miranda, and 葉佩華. "Barriers to environmental protection participation among public housing residents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31256089.

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Chu, Thi Thu Ha. "Environmental pollution in Vietnam: Challenges in management and protection." Technische Universität Dresden, 2018. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A32573.

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Vietnam is facing big challenges in terms of environmental pollution caused by natural agents and anthropogenic activities. Environmental pollution in Vietnam is present in air, water and soil environments in many areas with contaminants including total suspended particles (TSP), organic substances, heavy metals, nutrients including ammonium, phosphate exceeding the allowable valuesof national standard. One of the most important causes of environmental pollution is the legal powers of environmental protection organizations, especially the environmental police force, not strong enough. In addition, the awareness of the people about environmental protection is very weak. Improving the system of laws on environmental protection, including sanctions that are strong enough to prevent violations, is of the most importance to enhance the effectiveness of environmental management and protection in Vietnam. On the other hand, educating people and even school children about environmental protection is a very meaningful activity to reduce the pressures and challenges of environmental management and protection in Vietnam.
Việt Nam đang phải đối mặt với những thách lớn về ô nhiễm môi trường gây ra bởi các tác nhân tự nhiên và các hoạt động của con người. Ô nhiễm môi trường ở Việt Nam biểu hiện ở cả môi trường không khí, nước và đất tại nhiều khu vực với hàm lượng các chất ô nhiễm gồm bui thô TSP. các chất hữu cơ, kim loại nặng, các chất dinh dưỡng gồm amoni, phosphat vượt quá tiêu chuẩn cho phép. Một trong những nguyên nhân quan trọng gây ô nhiễm môi trường là sức mạnh pháp lý của các cơ quan tổ chức hoạt động trong lĩnh vực môi trường, đặc biệt là lực lượng cảnh sát môi trường, chưa đủ mạnh. Bên cạnh đó, ý thức của người dân về giữ gìn bảo vệ môi trường còn rất yếu. Việc hoàn thiện hệ thống luật pháp về bảo vệ môi trường bao gồm các chế tài đủ mạnh để ngăn chặn các vi phạm là quan trọng hàng đầu nhằm tăng cường hiệu quả quản lý và bảo vệ môi trường ở Việt Nam. Mặt khác, giáo dục tuyên truyền ý thức cho người dân và thậm chí các học sinh trong trường học về giữ gìn bảo vệ môi trường là hoạt động rất ý nghĩa nhằm giảm bớt các áp lực và thách thức trong quản lý và bảo vệ môi trường ở Việt Nam.

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Steffy, Kathryn Marie. "Neoliberalism, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chesapeake Bay." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71680.

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Neoliberalism, as the influence of economic considerations within the political process, has impacted environmentalism on a variety of levels. Without regulation, the neoliberal capitalist drive to maximize production, consumption, and profits is antagonistic to environmental sustainability. The influences that corporations and economic elites have within modern democracies holds substantial implications for the rigor and enforcement of environmental policies. Particular to the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency offers numerous illustrations of neoliberal influence within its history and policy practices. These influences inevitably impact the Agency's ability to accomplish the goals of their mission and purpose statements. As seen through regulations such as the Clean Water Act, neoliberal pressure has altered the priorities of government on a federal level to prioritize economic well-being over that of other social goods, such as environmental protection. The Clean Water Act prioritizes economic profitability over environmental protection through cap and trade policies, such as NPDES permits, and legitimizes pollution-causing behavior through TMDLs. Further, the act was weakened by neoliberal forces with the non-point source exemption created for the sake of avoiding economic harm to large industries and its shortcomings are visible within many of the nation's waterways, including the Chesapeake Bay. Through a case study, this project demonstrates how the neoliberal influences impacting the Environmental Protection Agency has resonated in its policies, like in the abilities of the Clean Water Act to sufficiently clean-up the Chesapeake Bay within its proposed timeline.
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Del, Valle Lemuel Alejandro. "Water Quality Internship with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1470088630.

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Lou, Yuqian. "Environmental stress adaptation and stress protection in Listeria monocytogenes /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487943341529077.

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Nalin, Laura. "Degradation of environmental protection coatings for gas turbine materials." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4522.

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Nowadays, problems of component materials reliability in gas and oil-fired gas turbines focus on assessing the potential behaviour of commonly employed coatings, in order to avoid expensive and unpredictable failure in service and producing new materials whose performance meets life time and manufacturing/ repairing requirements. This MPhil project has investigated the oxidative and corrosive degradation mechanisms for some of the alloy/coatings systems (CMSX-4, CMSX-4/ RT22, CMSX-4/ CN91 and CMSX-4/ “LCO22”), which are currently used for turbines blades and vanes, in order to achieve a better knowledge of materials behaviour and to improve models for the prediction of turbine components’ lives. To achieve this target the study has made use of realistic simulations of turbine exposure conditions in combined with pre- and post-exposure metrology of bar shape materials samples, while optical microscopy has been applied to describe the microstructural evolution during the exposure and the products of the degradation for the hot corrosion. For high temperature oxidation, over extended periods of time (up to 10,000 hours), the research has allowed to describe the morphological changes in respect of the exposure time and temperature and to determine the oxidation kinetics experienced by the alloy and coatings. A model has been presented for predicting θ- α-Al2O3 growth. Moreover, using NASA COSP spalling model, with rate constants values coming from this study, a comparison between experimental mass change data and prediction has been shown. The hot corrosion study has provided new quantitative metal loss data and observations that extend/validate an existing model for materials life prediction, based on defining the severity of the corrosion conditions through measures of gas composition and contaminant deposition flux.

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Lee, Po-kwan Edmund. "The role of the private sector in environmental conservation /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19740165.

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Lai, Yau Suk-yin Grace. "The relationships among environmental attitude, locus of control, and environmental behaviour of form six students in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38626147.

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Bin, Lin, Yue Cao, and Li Liang. "Environmental protection and energy conservation : Hybrid vehicles and combustion vehicles." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10890.

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Purpose/aim This study is about environmental protection and energy conservation in the China vehicle market. Based on that, we focus on and comparison of combustion vehicles with hybrid vehicles.Design/method/approach Data was collected through questionnaire. The analysis includes a description of the sample and chi-square tests. We analyze two different particular engines (combustion engine vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles) and our single environment. We compare these two engine vehicles, and analyze the trends of the market. We use scientific data and existing theories to analyze the vehicles, including “lifecycle costs” “CO2 emissions”, “Greenhouse gas”, “Consumers perception”, “Full Costing”, “PPC (Production Possibilities Curve)”, “Supply Demand Curve”, and “Green Taxes”.Findings We conclude that hybrid engine vehicles are environmentally friendly and energy conserving, but they have higher lifecycle costs. The analysis also shows that different ages, education levels and regions affect the customers’ preferences for these two kinds of vehicles.Originality/value Our original idea is the problems of hybrid vehicles and how to support and popularize hybrid vehicles depends on the exact national conditions and policies implemented. However, consumers might not be able to accept the “environmental protection and energy conservation” concept immediately, because it’s difficult to change the consumption concept of a generation or culture. Therefore, the government should carry out policies that are suitable for their local region to update the consumption concepts of the consumers and promote the new energy vehicles. Thus, the goal of environmental protection and energy conservation can be reached.

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Chauke, Vumbhoni. "Critical analysis of the law on duty of care to the environment in South Africa :challenges and prospects." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1903.

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Thesis (LLM.) -- University of Limpopo, 2017.
Considering that South Africa is part of the world initiatives to ensure maximum protection of the environment for the sake of the present and future generations, if the environment is abused or degraded, there is need to sanction perpetrators accordingly. Reasonable measures should be taken to prevent harm from occurring to the environment or those harms that cannot reasonably be avoided or stopped, be minimized and steps taken to rectify such harm to the environment. Environmental care and management is principally recognised and regulated by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998. This framework imposes a general duty of care for the environment (that is, every person has the duty to avoid pollution and environmental degradation). Both implementers and enforcers rely on this duty when enforcing environmental obligations. The duty of care has a retrospective effect, meaning that it is imposed on anyone who causes, has caused or may cause significant pollution or degradation to the environment. This study highlights the consequences for violating the duty of care as enshrined in NEMA particularly by people who are destroying the environment in the name of development. It argues for stringent implementation and enforcement mechanisms in order to bring perpetrators to justice. The study further deals with comparative analysis between South Africa, Australia and England where lessons are derived to help South Africa better its environmental laws and policies to ensure maximum protection of the environment.

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Long, Dianne Patience. "Reaching for sustainability: ecological modernisation and environmetal justice in South African energy policy and practice." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23834.

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A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. April 2017
Sustainable development is one of the major discourses of the twenty first century. In many instances sustainable development has been synonymous with the discourse of ecological modernisation. Ecological modernisation, as a discourse, has been proposed as an entreating means to reach the ideal of development that is sustainable, but has by and large only been tested within developed nations. There is, however, a prominent academic debate centred on the potential social and environmental justice concerns that may emanate from the promotion of ecological modernisation in environmental policy. This research project aimed to understand the degree to which ecological modernisation has been embraced in South Africa, and the environmental justice implications of this adoption. This was in an attempt to build an environmental justice policy framework for ecological modernisation in a bid to address environmental justice concerns. South African energy policy and practice was investigated in order to do this. Civil society hold an esteemed position in ecological modernisation, and as such in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a number of civil society activists who are involved in a range of campaigns for environmental justice. Their insights and solutions to potential environmental justice concerns that would result from using ecological modernisation were investigated. This was done in an attempt to build a list of environmental justice principles that can possibly be used to inform policies based on ecological modernisation in order to ensure just development. These criteria address the role of government, the role of society at large, as well as industry, and for the most part seek to understand if the disparate power dynamics that exist amongst these three actors can potentially be addressed. South African energy policies were analysed for evidence of these justice principles. It was found that South African energy policies do not address environmental justice in any measure that would truly allow for justice to be put into the practice of governing the environment. Therefore, by incorporating these environmental justice principles into ecological modernisation, ecological modernisation can potentially be stronger in approach to sustainable development than it presently is.
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Wu, Shih-Tsung, and 吳世宗. "Taiwanese Environmental Protection Funds." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96536597309545842990.

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Saraiva, Carlos Miguel Domingues. "Autonomous environmental protection drone." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22196.

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During the summer, forest fires are the main reason for deforestation and the damage caused to homes and property in different communities around the world. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, and also known as drones) applications has increased in recent years, making them an excellent solution for difficult tasks such as wildlife conservation and forest fire prevention. A forest fire detection system can be an answer to these tasks. Using a visual camera and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for image processing with an UAV can result in an efficient fire detection system. However, in order to be able to have a fully autonomous system, without human intervention, for 24-hour fire observation and detection in a given geographical area, it requires a platform and automatic recharging procedures. This dissertation combines the use of technologies such as CNNs, Real Time Kinematics (RTK) and Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) with an on-board computer and software, resulting in a fully automated system to make forest surveillance more efficient and, in doing so, reallocating human resources to other locations where they are most needed.
Durante o verão, os incêndios florestais constituem a principal razão do desflorestamento e dos danos causados às casas e aos bens das diferentes comunidades de todo o mundo. A utilização de veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANTs), em inglês denominados por Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) ou Drones, aumentou nos últimos anos, tornando-os uma excelente solução para tarefas difíceis como a conservação da vida selvagem e prevenção de incêndios florestais. Um sistema de deteção de incêndio florestal pode ser uma resposta para essas tarefas. Com a utilização de uma câmara visual e uma Rede Neuronal Convolucional (RNC) para processamento de imagem com um UAV pode resultar num eficiente sistema de deteção de incêndio. No entanto, para que seja possível ter um sistema completamente autónomo, sem intervenção humana, para observação e deteção de incêndios durante 24 horas, numa dada área geográfica, requer uma plataforma e procedimentos de recarga automática. Esta dissertação reúne o uso de tecnologias como RNCs, posicionamento cinemático em tempo real (RTK) e transferência de energia sem fios (WPT) com um computador e software de bordo, resultando num sistema totalmente automatizado para tornar a vigilância florestal mais eficiente e, ao fazê-lo, realocando recursos humanos para outros locais, onde estes são mais necessários.

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