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Basic Information | Heat Island Effect | U.S. EPA
Island Reduction Initiative (HIRI), works with community groups, public officials, industry representatives, researchers, and others to identify opportunities to implement heat island strategies. HIRI supports research to better understand the impacts that heat island reduction strategies ...
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What Can Be Done | Heat Island Effect | U.S. EPA
Developing Research and Implementation Strategies There are a number of steps that communities can take to lessen the impacts of heat islands. These "heat island reduction strategies" include: Installing ... in Baltimore, MD. The extent to which urban areas can benefit from heat island reduction strategies depends on several factors. Some of these factors, like prevailing weather patterns, geography ...
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UNISDR Calendar 2006
December 2004 in Aceh Province in Sumatra Island, Indonesia On the 26 December 2004, the earthquake, and tsunami that followed, killed more ... . Partners in the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction are determined to support nations and communities in disaster prone areas with specific disaster risk reduction strategies and programmes. For years, Yann Arthus ...
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MRF > Law & Policy > Documents > WSSD Plan
African countries and that embody poverty reduction strategies, including poverty reduction strategy papers. Achieving sustainable development includes actions at all levels to: ( ... all countries, particularly developing countries, including the least developed countries and small island developing States, face increased risks of negative impacts of climate change and ...
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CRC Publications
Island, Narragansett, RI USA, 7 pp. (66 kb). Castro, K. and L. Parker, (2008), Rapid Assessment of the Tanzanian Commercial Trawl Fisheries: Management Issues and By-Catch Reduction Strategies, Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI USA, 23 pp. (700 kb). Tobey, J., (2008), ...
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New Rules Project - Environment - Recycling and Waste Reduction Rules
United States have achieved waste reduction levels above 50%. And these high waste reduction levels are largely being achieved ... . More... Prince Edward Island Ban on Non-Refillable Containers The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (pop. 136, ...
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OTCAIR
OTC members include: Connecticut,Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland,Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. We invite ...
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Land Stewardship Resource Centre
Nature’s Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems, edited by Gretchen Daily. Island Press, 1997.) ECOLOGICAL GOODS AND SERVICES ARE THE PRODUCTS OF THE “ECOLOGICAL ... public transit), renewable energy, natural resource conservation and pollution (water, land and air) reduction strategies. The sustainability of communites and economies depends upon our ability to maintain or ...
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Land Stewardship Resource Centre
Nature’s Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems, edited by Gretchen Daily. Island Press, 1997.) ECOLOGICAL GOODS AND SERVICES ARE THE PRODUCTS OF THE “ECOLOGICAL ... public transit), renewable energy, natural resource conservation and pollution (water, land and air) reduction strategies. The sustainability of communities and economies depends upon our ability to maintain or ...
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NRDC: Building Green - Apply Sustainable Building Strategies
Energy-efficiency strategies in this 95,000-square-foot speculative office building include abundant daylighting, T8 fluorescent lamps and an HVAC system that realizes a 40 percent reduction in ... INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES Each of these cutting-edge technologies offers a range of benefits. Green (Planted) Roofs Help insulate against cold and hot outdoor temperatures Reduce the urban "heat island" ...
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