Branislav Gosovic

The Quest for World Environmental Cooperation

The Case of the UN Global Environment Monitoring System

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1992. This book examines the genesis and evolution of GEMS (the Global Environment Monitoring System), and the complex task involved in establishing GEMS and making it perform its functions. It relates GEMS to the factors which have shaped the international environmental agenda and cooperation since 1972.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780367193720
• ISBN-10: 0367193728
• Artikelnr.: 60010908

Autorenporträt

Branislav Gosovic

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Prologue
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part One: The Roots
1. UNCHE and UNEP 2. The Origin and Nature of GEMS
Part Two: GEMS in Action
3. Health-related Environment Monitoring in GEMS 4. Climate-related Environmental Monitoring in GEMS 5. Marine Pollution Monitoring in GEMS 6. Natural Resources and Integrated Monitoring in GEMS 7. Monitoring Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution in GEMS 8. GRID: Global Resource Information Database 9. GEMS: Inching Towards a Global System?
Part Three: What International Organization for the Twenty-first Century?
10. Building Blocks for a Stronger UN 11. UN System at a Crossroads
Name Index
Subject Index