Environmental Indicators

While on sabbatical leave at Kuopio University, Finland, and being involved with the organization called ISEI (International Society of Environmental Indicators), I reached the conclusion that a concentrated effort articulated in a book on various environmental indicators does not exist on the gl...

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Những tác giả chính: Armon, Robert H., Hanninen, Osmo
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Springer 2015
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Tóm tắt:While on sabbatical leave at Kuopio University, Finland, and being involved with the organization called ISEI (International Society of Environmental Indicators), I reached the conclusion that a concentrated effort articulated in a book on various environmental indicators does not exist on the global bookshelf, and this is the time to put one together! Following discussions with my ISEI colleague Prof. Em. Osmo Ha ¨nninen from Finland, a veteran and highly active member of our organization (ISEI), an outlook list was composed, which was intended to be covered later by various international authors (known as experts in their field). Now, in retrospect, we should say that it was not an easy task, as we had to decide which subjects to cover and which to leave for alternative future opportunities. When the subject list had been consolidated, it was communicated to various international scientists, and, following their approval, the book “assemblage” was on its way. I do recall today that in a phone conversation with Dr. Paul Roos (Editorial Director of Environmental Sciences, Springer Dordrecht), besides expressing his interest, he told me that he thought the proposed project a very ambitious one, basically meaning that our venture would not be an easy task. . .. As scientists, we are never hindered by difficulties, but rather the contrary is true: they make our work more challenging, and therefore, we attacked the task seriously and stubbornly...