A természeti eroforrasok hasznositasanak kornyezeti kockazata Environmentalrisk and the utilization of nature resources
New questions are risen, examining the relations of environmental and traditional/economic/hazards. The common consideration of the economic and environmental hazards bring the necessary bettering of effectiveness and structure by considering them
Living with environmentalrisks and change in Alexandra Township
Two major concepts, namely, reducing risks and vulnerability to hazards, have dominated the study of natural hazards and disasters over the past decade. A shift from emergency, reactive responses to disasters has occurred with calls for a focus
on risk reduction and disaster mitigation. The flood event of 2000 in Alexandra is taken as a case study. - (AJC)
Environmental policy : ecological modernisation or the risk society ?
Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Global change ; Social change ; Society-environment relationship
This review reflects on both the intellectual and policy implications of global environmental change. It explores opposing perspectives on the relationship between environmental and social change. These perspectives possess an ideological component
sometimes differentiated as environmentalism and ecologism. They also relate to a theoretical discourse about the nature of modern society and the sources of change.
Beyond world risk society? A critique of Ulrich Beck’s world risk society thesis as a framework for understanding risk associated with human activity in outer space
Catastrophe ; Cosmos ; Daily life ; Empowerment ; Risk ; Security ; Space
This paper examines the risks generated by human activity in outer space, exploring the possibility of extending Ulrich Beck’s ‘world risk society’ thesis beyond the globe. Through the case studies looking at (1) the use of nuclear power in space
missions, (2) the proliferation of space debris, and (3) proposed space solutions to environmental problems, it argues for the usefulness of some of Beck’s concepts whilst providing a critique of some of his central theoretical assumptions. The article
finishes by arguing that Beck’s understanding of a ‘reinvention of politics’ based on the intrusion of risk into everyday life cannot cope with the kinds of risk discussed in the paper. It concludes that it is only through greater recognition of the depth
of the economic and psychic structures at work that the politics of risk in outer space can be challenged.
The global risks are at the centre of the attention: ozone holz, greenhouse effect, resources exhaustion. At the same time, the A. affords the incapacity for facing these risks because of different patterns of rationality either by common people
The development of an environmental assessment map in this recreation area allows for further research in the protection and conservation of this environmentally at risk area. - (JS)
Dam ; Danube ; Environment ; Flood ; Flood control ; Geomorphology ; Hungary ; Risk
environmentalrisks are also analysed. - (JS)
Author investigates the environmental and geomorphologic conditions of red mud deposits whish were laid down behind the flood protection dams of the Danube on the low and high plains of the river, covering an area of 200 ha. The potential
An erosion risk mapping model has been applied in this work to find the priority action areas of Mauritius and new datasets representing rainfall erosivity and topographic factors were used. Rainfall erosivity was mapped with Fournier Index instead
of rainfall depth. The topographic effect was mapped using a function combining slope length and slope gradient (LS) and was based on the unit contributing area algorithm along with land parcels effect. These new datasets improved the erosion risk mapping
and the identification and prioritisation of high erosion areas. The prioritisation was done at basin and subbasin scales and considered the location of wetlands. This enabled the identification of basins and subbasins with the greatest erosion risk and towards which
conservation measures can be directed for protecting lands on-site and wetlands off-site from environmental damages.
Data base ; Denmark ; Education ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Geographical information system ; Pollution ; Resource management ; Risk ; Teaching
of catching up with and provide students with appropriate background knowledge, skills and overview prerequisites for the understanding of the nature and scale of the major environmental problems and serious risks reported and reviewed in the news media
. The centre will provide the basic GRID core functions, such as assembling, processing and supply of geo-referenced environmental data.
Diversity and intersectionality among environmentally burdened communities in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, USA
Community ; Environmental justice ; Location ; Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia ; Proximity ; Risk ; Social class ; Social geography ; United States of America
This article examines diversity and intersectionality among environmentally burdened communities in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, USA. Location in the city and in industrialised areas near the Delaware River appears to intersect
with disadvantage and with racial/ethnic status to boost risk for burdening, while substantially White racial composition, affluence and location near rail lines and in the outer suburbs decrease risk and the number of hazardous facilities. However, more diversity
Climatic variation ; Environmental management ; Global change ; Human occupation ; Man-environment relations ; Risk
The objective of this communication is to show that a part of the potential risk to which the Man will be probably confronted is explained by its management and its mode of occupation of space. - (BJ)
Bibliography ; Environment ; Geographical information system ; Model ; Regional planning ; Remote sensing ; Risk
The year 1991 saw further developments in the use of geographical information systems (GIS) for research in physical geography and the environmental sciences. There is now arguably a subfield within physical geography and environmental science which
can be characterized as Environmental GIS. The methodological problems and applications of this subfield have resulted in a huge number of new publications: this review contains details of a few dozen out of around 200 papers surveyed.