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International Symposium European Environmental Forum
“Euro-ECO - Hanover 2010”:
Environmental and Engineering Aspects for Sustainable
Infrastructure
2 - 3 December 2010, ANDOR Hotel Plaza
is defined as the planned and systematic
implementation of environmental strategies and
targets set by state or by any organization.
comprises administrative
measures and legal instruments for reduction of
environmental impacts as well as to maintain
conditioned equilibrium between environment
and economics development.
The scope of environmental
management is to reach
sustainable development
that includes integration of
environmental, social
and economic concerns
now and in the future under
 to create environmental consciousness
 to
consider
protection:
the
the
principles
“polluter
of
environmental
pays”,
precautionary,
prevention, and assessment principles
 to provide economics transformation in accordance
to the capacity of environment
 to consider environmental principles and legal norms in
decision making process
Natural
Sciences
Geochemistry
Biological
diversity
Hydrology
Soil science
Environmental
Environmental chemistry
geology
Environmental Environmental
technologies legislation
Environmental
Environmental
Environmental
economy
monitoring
pollution
Environmental management
of the Baltic Sea
Water
resources
Best available
technologies
Ecology of
ecosystems
Water supply
Agricultural
ecology
Principles of
risk analysis
Environmental phylosophy
and ethics
Modelling of environmental
processes
Landscape
ecology
Environmental
impact
assessment
Environmental
bioindication
Ecology of
Environmental
Soil ecology
the Baltic Sea
planning
– surroundings in ecology –
the external circumstances, conditions, and all objects
that affect existence and development of any living
being
as infinite space e.g.
interstellar space, lunar environment
as a general cluster (adoption from math)
as a general cluster involves
• elements of the cluster,
• relation among the elements of the cluster,
• relation among all clusters around
Scientific definitions express
Albert Einstein –
is everything that isn't me.
– physical (geographical)
expanse, where individual lives and all relations are
developed (Dictionary of Psychology (1999), Breslav G. (Ed.)
Apgāds “Mācību grāmata”, Riga (in Latvian))
A general cluster
concept is
included
The infinite
space
is included
The environment – the aggregate of natural, anthropogenic and
social factors – Environmental Protection Law, 1991, Latvia
“Environment” means the components of the Earth and includes
(a) air, land and water;
(b) all layers of the atmosphere;
(c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms; and
(d) the interacting natural systems that include components
referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Decision
was carried out
–
the impacts
do not exist
Year
Produced
electricity, GWh
2000
25,3
2001
37,1
2002
32,6
2004
50,85
2005
65,52
Source: State Stock Company “Latvenergo”