| Description |
vi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Overview: measures of environmental performance and ecosystem condition / Peter C. Schulze and Robert A. Frosch -- Net energy expenditure: a method for assessing the environmental impact of technologies / Martin B. Hocking -- Life-cycle analysis: the role of evaluation and strategy / Frank R. Field III and John R. Ehrenfeld -- Defining the environmentally responsible facility / Braden R. Allenby and Thomas E. Gruedel -- Measuring pollution-prevention performance / Thomas W. Zosel -- Accounting for natural resources in income and productivity measurements / Robert C. Repento, Paul Faeth, and John Westra -- Environmental performance standards for farming and ranching / Craig Cox and Susan E. Offat -- Use of materials balances to estimate aggregate waste generation in the United States / Robert U. Ayres and Leslie W. Ayres -- National material metrics for industrial ecology / Iddo K. Wermick and Jessie H. Ausubel -- Environmental measures: developing an environmental decision-support structure / Rebecca Todd -- Critique of effluent bioassays / Clyde E. Goulden -- insights from ambient toxicity testing / Arthur J. Stewart -- Measuring environmental performance through comprehensive river studies / Richard Strang and Louis Sage -- Biological criteria for water resource management / Chris O. Yoder and Edward T. Rankin -- TVA's approach to ecological health assessment in streams and reservoirs / Neil E. Carriker. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Form |
Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Environmental indicators.
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Environmental management -- Evaluation.
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Environmental monitoring -- Methodology.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Evaluation.
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| Added Author |
Schulze, Peter C.
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National Academy of Engineering.
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| ISBN |
0309054419 |
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