Regulation spread to more and more sectors of the economy, and the relative importance of such heavily regulated sectors as transportation, energy, and telecommunciations has also increased. Intensive animal farming is a relatively recent development in the history of agriculture, and the result of scientific discoveries and technological advances. Grounding the story of singapore within an understanding of its environment opens. Environmental regulation in the united states has succeeded, to a certain extent, in solving the problems it was designed to address. Aapsnus student chapter aims to facilitate local student awareness of career opportunities and latest advances and discoveries in the pharmaceutical sciences. The eclipse of the utopias of labor anson rabinbach. Most of the peatlands are located in the eastern part of riau, which is dominated by peatland more than 4 meters depth. As such, a new named gift fund in the university can only be set up with a. Titles listed may also span across multiple areas of law. The national university of singapore faculty of law nus law is singapores oldest and. The enforcement dimension of environmental regulation has been widely studied, as the far from exhaustive bibliography to this paper attests.
As part of the commitment, nus departments are required to appoint first aiders and maintain first aid boxes. But daniel fiorino argues in the new environmental regulation thatgiven recent environmental, economic, and. The mem seminar series takes the form of talks mainly by practitioners, on contemporary topics on the environment. The discovery of vitamins and their role in animal nutrition, in the first two. Between the chapters are travelers accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. I believe that yalenus is a good place to further my interest in asian history in an academic setting. Advocacy of corporate voluntary environmental initiativesunderstood as actions taken to reduce environmental impacts, and promote awareness thereof, that have not been required by government regulationto strengthen environmental management can be justified in singapore and malaysia, although for different reasons. Staff publications lee kong chian natural history museum. Environmental law, policy, governance and management for cities. The lee kong chian natural history museum offers a range of curriculumbased educational workshops. All the table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for nus environmental research institute neri published between 1 march 2019 29 february 2020 which are tracked by the nature index. The aim here is to survey of some of that literature. Section 2 outlines the simplest random monitoring model, with and without penalties being restricted.
Innovations from the late 19th century generally parallel developments in mass production in other industries in the latter part of the industrial revolution. Updates from singapore webinar series, associate professor alex cook, vice dean research of the nus saw swee hock school of public health, spoke about how mathematical modelling has emerged as a key discipline in the covid19 outbreak and some of the ways in which it. The national union of students of the united kingdom nus is a confederation of students unions in the united kingdom. The environmental policy of the united states is a federal governmental action to regulate activities that have an environmental impact in the united states. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials. Nus office of environmental sustainability home facebook. The faculty of science at the national university of singapore nus and the faculty of arts and science at the university of toronto uoft in canada have instigated a joint initiative to foster closer ties between the two universities and to give the students from these faculties the exciting opportunity to travel and study in different academic environments. Nus environmental research institute neri, singapore. Look for important coverage of the most current issues in environmental law environmental enforcement, risk assessment, reinventing regulation, federalism, and environmental justice in the second edition of percival, miller, schroeder, and leapes highly successful environmental regulation. From nonfiction to novels to a childrens book on environmental heroes, the. Listed below are selected books on environmental managementpolicylaw history of southeast asian countries available in the library listed. Environmental regulations addresses several important issues, including discharges to water, ambient and indoor air, solid and hazardous wastes, toxic pollutants, abandoned dumps, the worker environment, enforcement and compliance, environmental investigations, and environmental assessments. Nus office of environmental sustainability, clementi, singapore.
The environment cluster in the national university of singapore nus, faculty of arts and social sciences fass, is an initiative to foster interdisciplinary approaches in environmentrelated research. This book offers teaching and study aids, realworldbased problems and questions, pathfinders explaining where to locate crucial source materials, and more. New and recent books published in the field of history by cornell university press and its imprints. Klein is a proponent of the green new deal, the proposed legislation by new. The political economy of the built environment in singapore. The new environmental regulation fiorino describes is based on performance rather than on a narrow definition of compliance and uses such policy instruments as market incentives and performance. Dan tarlock encyclopedia of life support systems eolss after world war ii. Nus is committed to providing initial first aid response to all staff and students in its campus in the event of accident and incident. I wear two hats as an environmental studies major and nus law ddp student, and so i am naturally passionate about environmental law and policy. The department of biological sciences evolved from the merger of two of the oldest departments in the faculty of science the department of botany and the department of zoology. Environmental policy of the united states wikipedia.
Examines policies that focus on the substance of environmental statutes, how they are translated into regulations, and on the factors that affect how they influence realworld behavior. Each student must attend at least ten of the seminars and submit a report on them. The book explains the subject in the context of international and regional environmental law and the singapore legal system. A brief history of environmental regulation why you need to understand the past to influence the future richard myers principal consultant ehs business solutions. When the idea gained wide acceptance in the late 1960s, legal protection of air, water, soil, and ecosystems, such as.
Once you get passed the odd description of environmental law, along with design standards such as best available technology, as conceived in the 1970s and the odder tracing of the origins of commandandcontrol. Facing our environmental challenges with science and technology 9 sep 2006, singapore institute of. Corporate environmental responsibility in singapore and. Around 600 students unions are affiliated, accounting for more than 95% of all higher and further education unions in the uk. A researchintensive university with an entrepreneurial dimension, nus is ranked consistently as one of the worlds top universities. Academics and researchers from singapore and abroad are also invited to speak on the series.
The earliest fixed wing airline in europe was aircraft transport and travel, formed by george holt thomas in 1916. National union of students united kingdom wikipedia. This book is valuable to anyone who is keen on understanding asia. The impact of environmental, safety, and health regulations cuts across the. Schneidermayerson, who is assistant professor of environmental studies at yalenus college, will. People category our students archive yalenus college. We offer the most extensive selection of academic programmes in singapore, collaborating with leading universities worldwide to provide our students with diverse opportunities for overseas exposure. However, while singapores environmental laws have contributed to progress towards sustainable. Asiapacific centre for environmental law apcel, 1996, jolene lin. From its genesis as raffles college from 1929 and after a series of transformations through various subsequent university mergers, the department has continued to grow in strength. Cornell series in environmental education the liberty hyde bailey library expertise.
We are one of the oldest and yet most vibrant departments in the national university of singapore. The goal of environmental policy is to protect the environment for future generations while interfering as little as possible with the efficiency of commerce or the liberty of the people and to limit inequity in who is burdened with. Prior to joining yalenus college, he was a ziff environmental fellow at harvard. Soap, glass and textile industries had to register with the ai, and airborne emissions of muriatic acid were to be reduced by 95 per cent, with the remainder.
The book offers balanced coverage of air, water, and toxics. Jing huang lee kuan yew school of public policy, nus, singapore. Cultures and technologies of knowledge the united states in the world. Environmental regulation in the united states has succeeded, to a certain extent. Inspectorate ai, an expert enforcer of the law that represented a highly innovative form of regulation. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. This textbook emphasizes methods of environment analysis and the process of environmental planning. Welcome to the department of history, national university of singapore. Environmental histories of singapore provides new insights into the singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.
This text seeks to broaden students vision by inviting them to explore how law relates to the larger problems society seeks to solve through collective. Grants were also secured to increase the number of books in the law library, and students were sent to international mooting. Divided into five parts, it begins by categorizing participants typically involved in making decisions affecting the environment and examines decision criteria. Mathematics, computational and statistical sciences. Find environmental studies textbooks at up to 90% off. The second part focuses on the theory and practice of environmental regulation. This textbook is founded on the conviction that a second generation approach to environmental law is necessary because of the dramatic changes that have occurred in our understanding of environmental problems and societys responses to them. C j koh law library national university of singapore. Dr michelle ann miller, asia research institute, national university of singapore. Aapsnational university of singapore nus student chapter, setup by graduate students of the department of pharmacy on 02 august 2005, is a nonprofit student organization. In a world of rapidly worsening environmental conditions, and amidst a growing urgent interest in best practices for addressing the crisis, singapore is often lauded for its exemplary approach to environmental management, and its environmental law is sometimes credited for this achievement.