Author: IUCN East European ProgrammePublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831700359
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Environmental Status Reports: USSR
Author: IUCN East European ProgrammePublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831700359
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Environmental Status Reports
Author: Environmental Status Reports
Author: IUCN East European ProgrammePublisher:
ISBN: 9782831700342
Category : Environmental indicators
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Delhi Environmental Status Report
Author: Environmental Status Reports: USSR
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Environmental Status Report
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Status Reports on Selected Environmental Issues
Author: Mary A. AllanEnvironmental Status Reports, 1988/1989
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9782831700069
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
U.S. Health in International Perspective
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309264146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309057957
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect human health and ecosystems from particular threats. Despite some successes, many problems remain unsolved and new ones are emerging. Increasing population and related pressures, combined with a realization of the interconnectedness and complexity of environmental systems, present new challenges to policymakers and regulators. Scientific research has played, and will continue to play, an essential part in solving environmental problems. Decisions based on incorrect or incomplete understanding of environmental systems will not achieve the greatest reduction of risk at the lowest cost. This volume describes a framework for acquiring the knowledge needed both to solve current recognized problems and to be prepared for the kinds of problems likely to emerge in the future. Many case examples are included to illustrate why some environmental control strategies have succeeded where others have fallen short and how we can do better in the future.