Effects of fertilization and clipping of Phlomis fruticosa L. on a phryganic ecosystem: the case of Thesprotia, northwest Greece.
INTRODUCTION Plant communities dominated by Phlomis fruticosa L., a semi-deciduous drought-hardy and flammable dwarf shrub of about 150 cm tall (8), are a common vegetation type in western Greece. In Greece, such communities are known as phrygana and they are widespread in areas with long, dry and...

The effectiveness of the Green Building Evaluation and Labelling System.
Abstract: Environmental protection is becoming an important element in the construction industry. The Taiwan Architecture and Building Research Institute developed a Green Building Evaluation and Labelling System (GBELS) to transform its built environment. Nine indicators in GBELS are used for assessment including biodiversity, greenery, soil water content, daily energy...

State & Federal Agencies Violated Law on Protecting Public Health, Environment and Communities, Charge Residents and Environmental Groups in Legal Challenge.
Proposed $3 Billion Boondoggle is Loser for State Taxpayers Because it Provides None of Promised Traffic Relief, while Better Alternatives Exist ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Residents along the controversial proposed 18-mile intercounty connector (ICC) toll highway in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties have joined environmental...

Implementation of environmental management in the construction industry of China.
The construction industry generates serious environmental impacts, comparing which with other industries, it lags far behind in implementing environmental management (EM). Using a structured questionnaire survey, this paper explores the characteristics of the Chinese construction firms including the environmental awareness in construction, behaviors towards environmental management and measures for...

The consumption atlas: how does your area rate? It's keeping lip with Joneses--with a green-techno twist. Cutting-edge technology is behind the online Consumption Atlas on ACF's website, and allows users to compare their areas with others around Australia. So how does your area rate? You might be surprised.
BEFORE READING THIS ARTICLE, spend a minute doing an experiment. How much do you think you would reduce your own personal contribution to climate change if you switched to 100 per cent clean, renewable energy and stopped driving your car and flying in planes? Many people think...

Quantification of health impact of air pollution in a developing country.
Abstract In spite of the recognition of air pollution as a priority environmental problem in developing countries, policy actions are blocked on the basis of limited financial resources. This study represents a rare multidisciplinary attempt to quantify the impact of air pollution on health in Lebanon, a...

Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development.
The warning of "global environmental crisis" is being sounded more and more frequently by scientists, politicians, and other observers. The doomsday predictors of the 1960s, like ecologists Paul Ehrlich(1) and Rachel Carson,(2) have been joined by an ever-growing chorus of doomsayers in the 1990s.(3) Rachel Carson's concerns regarding pesticides...

Past, present and potential of fish assemblages in the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal drainage with emphasis on recovery of native fish communities.
ABSTRACT The fish community of the Grand Calumet River has shown some recovery during the 1990s; however, the community has not recovered to 1900 levels. The fish community is dominated by tolerant detritivores, which are exotic or non-indigenous species. These species are capable of surviving low dissolved...

An African dimension to the clean development mechanism: finding a path to sustainable development in the energy sector.
I. INTRODUCTION The concept of "sustainable development" is probably suffering from its success as a buzzword. So frequently adopted by so many groups with wildly varying agendas--from the Sierra Club to the coal industry (1)--the term might seem to be well on its way to becoming meaningless....

A checklist for assessing sustainability performance of construction projects/Darnaus statybos projektu vykdymo ivertinimo katalogas.
Abstract. Construction sustainability performance is indispensable to the attainment of sustainable development. Various techniques and management skills have previously been developed to help improving sustainable performance from implementing construction projects. However, these techniques seem not being effectively implemented due to the fragmentation and poor coordination among various construction participants....