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Indicators of Environmental Quality
William A. . Ed(S): Thomas
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Description for Indicators of Environmental Quality
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomas, William A. Num Pages: 275 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ ment. Not all of our environmental goals should be reduced to mere numbers, but many of them can be; and without these quantitative terms, we have no way of defining our present position nor of selecting positions we wish to attain on any logically established scale of environmen tal values. Stated simply, in our zeal to measure ... Read more
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ ment. Not all of our environmental goals should be reduced to mere numbers, but many of them can be; and without these quantitative terms, we have no way of defining our present position nor of selecting positions we wish to attain on any logically established scale of environmen tal values. Stated simply, in our zeal to measure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468417005
SKU
V9781468417005
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Ref
99-15
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