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Assessing Environmental Risk of Oil Spills with ERA Acute : A New Methodology
This open access book introduces readers to a new methodology for assessing the risks to the marine environment following accidental oil spills. The methodology will soon be implemented on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and will be complemented by guidelines for its use in a regulatory framework. The brief book is intended to provide international readers with a basic grasp of what the …
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- 978-3-030-70176-5
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- XVI, 119
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 624 STE a
Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities
This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population distribution, and physical infrastructure properties. The book addresses all these issues by: i) investigating to what extent ecosystem services are currently included in urban plans, and discussing w…
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- 978-3-030-20024-4
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- IX, 87
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 570 GEN p
Mercury Pollution in Minamata
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s among the residents in Minamata who ate seafood contaminated with methylmercury discharged from the chemical factory, Chisso Corporation. It describes the history, symptoms pathogenesis and research on the causal agent, and discusses the responses of Chisso and the national …
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- 978-981-10-7392-2
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- IX, 67
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 624 YOK m
Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Residue Burning …
This book discusses the important issue of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agricultural residue burning, common in agricultural practices in many parts of the world. In particular, it focuses on the pollution caused by rice residue burning using primary survey data from Punjab, India. It discusses emerging solutions to agricultural waste burning that are cost-effective in terms o…
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- 978-81-322-2014-5
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- XIX, 144
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 658 KUM s
Sustainable Business : Managing the Challenges of the 21st Century
This open access book is a compact guide to the development of sustainable business, which has become the central concept in discussions about the future development of humanity and planet earth. It provides basic terminology and concepts on sustainable business and offers insights into a new management paradigm that integrates social and environmental dimensions into business models, strategie…
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- 978-3-031-25397-3
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- XVIII, 142
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 650 FIS s
Scale-ups and High-Growth Firms : Theory, Definitions, and Measurement
This open access book goes into the details of the characteristics of scale-ups, touching upon various theoretical perspectives (stages of growth models, the role of intangible capital, the tradeoffs between fixed costs and marginal costs) relating to firm growth, to provide a clear definition of this emerging concept. Given the disproportionately large economic contribution of a small number o…
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- 978-981-97-1379-0
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- XI, 61
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 334 COA s
Transformative Governance for the Future : Navigating Profound Transitions
This open access book helps actors who are committed to change unlock true innovative potential for the common good in their organizations. Innovation and change processes are not linear. Hence, this book presents a novel way to manage complexity. The author introduces readers to a comprehensive change management framework, the Eoh-for-Good blueprint methodology. It presents the method and disc…
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- 978-3-031-43132-6
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- XVII, 109
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 333 CAR t
Managing the Transition to a Circular Economy : Action Plans in the Tourism S…
This open access book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the current status of the circular economy in the tourism sector. This book is presented from the perspective of researchers, policymakers, and industry. Specially aimed at companies in the tourism sector, the book offers valuable information in the field of circular economy, promoting the design/redesign of processes and products.…
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- 978-3-031-49689-9
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- XVIII, 121
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 338 MAN
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Workplace
This is an Open Access book. Hoping to incubate a unique idea about workplace design, Dr. Agustin Chevez walked in isolation for 42 days from Melbourne to Sydney. His pilgrimage delivered 34 Signposts, a collection of insights which hold the promise to guide us to a better place to work. While firmly positioned within the shifting context of work, the Signposts point away from react…
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- 978-981-19-4759-9
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- XII, 157
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 658 CHE p
The Socially Responsible Organization : Lessons from COVID
This book explores the nature of the socially responsible organization, specifically the role of crisis management in creating a socially responsible organization. It applies the Myers-Briggs Personality Typology (MBPTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Framework to issues such as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulation of tech companies, and infrastructure. Dr. Mitroff lists the major ar…
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- 978-3-030-99808-0
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- XI, 51
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 658 MIT s
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