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Genetic and Molecular Biology of Entomopathogenetic Nematodes
Guide pour la Preparation des Nouvelles Actions COST par l'intermediaire du groupe " nouvelles actions"
Aquatic Primary Biomass Marine Macroalgae - Summary of the 1990 Activities
Regulating Restorative Justice. A comparative study of legislative provision in European countries
Les effets du traitement thermique et de la distribution sur la qualité et la valeur nutritive des aliments-Deuxiéme rapport annuel
Indicators of Environmental Sustainability in Transport: An interdisciplinary approach to methods
- Author(s): R. Joumard and H. Gudmundsson (eds)
- Publisher(s): Les Collections de l’INRETS
- http://cost356.inrets.fr/
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-2-85782-684-2
The final report tries to answer the following questions: How can environmental impacts of transport be measured? How can measurements be transformed into operational indicators? How can several indicators be jointly considered? And how can indicators be used in planning and decision making? Firstly we provide definition of ‘indicator of environmental sustainability in transport’. The functions, strengths and weaknesses of indicators as measurement tools, and as decision support tools are discussed. We define what “environmental sustainability in transport” may mean through the transport system, the concepts of sustainable development and of environment. The concept of ‘chain of causality’ between a source and a final target is developed, as a common reference for indicators and assessments. As the decision making context influences the perceived and actual needs for indicators and methods, we also analysed the dimensions and context of decision making. We derived criteria and methods for the assessment and selection of indicators of environmental sustainability in transport, in terms of measurement, monitoring and management. The methods and the criteria are exemplified for seven chains of causality. Methods for a comprehensive joint consideration of environmentally sustainable indicators are analyzed and evaluated. They concerned aggregated or composite indicators as well as multi-criteria methods. Five case studies are presented. Finally, recommendations for continued research and development of indicators and joint considerations methods for assessment of environmental sustainability in transport are given.
Activities of Working Group 1 Fibre 1998-2001
- Pages: 133
- Author(s): A. Heikkurinen
COST Action E11, Characterization Methods for Fibre and Paper, activities of working group 1 Fibre.
Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services: Methods, Models, Approaches, Techniques, Algorithms, and Tools
- Author(s): Ganchev, I., Van der Mei, R.D., Van den Berg, H. (Eds.)
- Publisher(s): Springer
- https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-90415-3#about
This book was prepared to play the role of a publication and dissemination platform of the technical aspects of the Final Report of the COST Action IC1304 “Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (ACROSS)” that has run for four years, from Fall 2013 until Fall 2017. In particular, the main goal of the COST Action ACROSS was to create a European network of experts, aiming at the development of monitoring and autonomous control methods for a reliable and quality-aware future Internet of Services (IoS).