scholarly journals Water Price: Environment Sustainability and Resource Cost

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3176
Author(s):  
Sonia Sanabria ◽  
Joaquín Torres
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Total Water ◽  
First Approximation ◽  
Pricing System ◽  
Current Water ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
Open Discussion ◽  
Environment Sustainability

The determination of a price for water is an open discussion among related players, directly or indirectly, in water management. In the context of the recovery of water service costs, as referred to in Article 9 of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD), legislation applicable in all member countries of the European Union, the total water cost is broken down into three blocks; financial, environmental, and resource. It is the last component that generates the most uncertainty both in its conceptualization and in its valuation. The need to establish a pricing system for water (water tariff) implies that the different concepts that make it up are correctly delimited. The main goal of this paper is to propose a first approximation to a new theoretical framework to establish a relationship between environmental sustainability and the valuation of the resource cost—given that current water consumption can provoke future water availability difficulties, making it a scarce commodity that resource cost must be correctly delimited. Taking into account the prospective nature of environmental sustainability, the measure of its value should be based on the use of stochastic models that reflect the associated uncertainty.

scholarly journals Evaluasi Kriteria Penetapan Lokasi Terminal Tipe A (Studi Kasus: Terminal Leuwipanjang, Bandung Dan Terminal Giwangan, Yogyakarta)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Noviyanti Noviyanti
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Type A ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Edge City ◽  
Route Network ◽  
Road Capacity ◽  
Environment Sustainability

In Indonesia there are some terminal type A that perceived lack benefits for users because the location is less representative. With quantitative analysis by AHP method the survey held on Bus Terminal at Giwangan and Leuwipanjang. The criteria to decide the location of terminal type A are passanger demand (0.39), density of traffic and road capacity (0.17), environmental sustainability (0.13), integration between modes (0.10), RUTR (0.09), topography (0.07), and security and safety (0.06). The criteria below passanger demand are number of routes, transportation nodes, travel deployment, travel destination and origin. The density of traffic and road capacity has 4 sub-criteria: low-side constraints, the degree of saturation> 0.7, on arterial roads min IIIA, and have access at least 100 m Sub criteria of environment sustainability: AMDAL documents, lower emissions, noise level <74 dB. Sub criteria of integration between modes are intermodal transfer facilities, 5 routes of public transportation, and b us shelter around bus terminal. Sub criteria for RUTR are located in capital of province, on the AKAP route network, located on the edge city, and the distance between terminal is 20 km. Sub criteria of topography are: easy access AKAP traffic and has at least 5 ha land area in Java. Sub criteria for safety and security are low fatality, safe from safety interruption, easy access for safety official.Keywords: Terminal, Determination of location, AHP  Di Indonesia terdapat beberapa terminal A yang kurang dirasakan manfaatnya bagi pengguna kendaraan angkutan umum yang salah satu penyebabnya dikarenakan lokasinya yang kurang representatif. Dengan mengevaluasi kriteria penetapan lokasi terminal type A dengan analisis kuantitatif menggunakan metode AHP, dari lokasi terminal Leuwipanjang dan Giwangan sebagai lokasi survey, tersusunlah konsep kriteria penempatan lokasi terminal tipe A dengan urutan prioritas demand terminal (0,39), kepadatan lalu lintas dan kapasitas jalan (0,17), kelestarian lingkungan (0,13), keterpaduan antar moda (0,10), RUTR (0,09), Kondisi topografi (0,07), dan keamanan dan keselamatan (0,06). Dari tiap kriteria utama terdapat subkriteria yaitu untuk demand terminal adalah jumlah trayek, simpul transportasi, penyebaran perjalanan, dan asal tujuan perjalanan. Kriteria kepadatan lalu lintas dan kapasitas jalan memiliki 4 sub kriteria yaitu hambatan samping yang rendah, derajat jenuh > 0,7, terdapat pada jalan arteri min IIIA, dan memiliki akses masuk minimal 100 m. Untuk kriteria kelestarian lingkungan memiliki urutan sub kriteria yaitu dokumen AMDAL, nilai emisi yang rendah, kebisingan <74 dB. Urutan sub kriteria untuk keterpaduan antar moda yaitu adanya fasilitas transfer, 5 rute jalur angkot, dan terdapat halte angkot di terminal.Kriteria RUTR memiliki urutan sub kriteria yaitu terletak di ibukota propinsi, terletak pada jaringan trayek AKAP, terletak di pinggir kota, dan jarak antar terminal 20 km.Kriteria kondisi topografi memiliki 2 sub kriteria yaitu akses yang mudah untuk lalu lintas AKAP dan memiliki luas lahan minimal 5 Ha di Pulau Jawa. Untuk sub kriteria keamanan dan keselamatan yaitu fatalitas rendah, aman dari gangguan keselamatan, akses petugas mudah.Kata kunci: Terminal, Penetapan lokasi, AHP

Understanding the Tradition of Male Calf Release in Tambakan Village of Bali Island, Indonesia from the Perspective of History, Religion, Environment Sustainability and Food Security

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luh Putu Puspawati ◽  
I Made Swastika ◽  
Tjokorda Udiana Nindhia Pemayun ◽  
Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
The People ◽  
Environment Sustainability ◽  
The Village

Historically the tradition of male calf release in Tambakan Villlage was initiated from the vow of the defeated soldier of the kingdom of Buleleng over the kingdom of Bangli in the Island of Bali in the region of present day Indonesia. The defeated soldiers of Buleleng were hiding in the forest around the presentday village of Tambakan, Buleleng, Bali. All the soldiers vowed to the Deity dwelling in the forest to hand over a male calf if they survived the pursuit of the enemy. In the end, the enemy could not find them and the soldiers remained in the forest and continued their lives there. The village was named as Tambakan, meaning a buffer of enemy attack. The village was surrounded by a fence made from bamboo during that time. The soldiers then paid their vows by releasing male calves into the forest. This historical incident then developed to become a belief of the local peoples that if they vow to release a male calf to the Deity, then their wish will be fulfilled. Indeed many wishes of the people did come true when they released a male calf to the forest. Consequently, the population of the bulls increased in the forest, and by the influence of the Hindu Tantra sect, about 23 bulls from the forest are taken out every 2 years to be sacrificed in the temples addressed to Goddess of Durga. The meat of the sacrificed bulls is then distributed to the members of the village to be consumed. The releases of male calves gives benefit to environmental sustainability and the distribution of the meat after sacrificing guarantees food security for the people.

Simultaneous Determination of Several Elements by Spectrochemical Addition Method … (II) (Tabulation of Analytical Value)

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isoo Masuda ◽  
Tamon Inouye
Keyword(s):  
Simultaneous Determination ◽  
Order Approximation ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
Dilution Factor ◽  
Improved Method ◽  
Addition Method ◽  
Zero Order Approximation ◽  
First Approximation

An improved method for the tabulation of analytical data, obtained by addition and successive dilution procedures for spectrochemical analysis, is presented. The author's previous work shows that the solution of the first approximation diverges at some dilution factor smaller than unity when the slope of the working curve of added series is greater than that of unadded series. By obtaining the distance between this position and the origin, and taking it as a correction factor for zero-order approximation, tabulation of the analytical value, in the case of β>α, is carried out. One parameter of the calculation is deleted by normalizing the spectral intensity; therefore, the tabulation can be simplified.

Determination of Bisphenol A in Milk and Dairy Products by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection

2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 1439-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEONG-HUN KANG ◽  
FUSAO KONDO
Keyword(s):  
Bisphenol A ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Skim Milk ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Condensed Milk ◽  
Oasis Hlb ◽  
Milk And Dairy Products

This study was conducted to develop a selective and sensitive method for the determination of bisphenol A (BPA) levels in milk and dairy products. A method based on solvent extraction with acetonitrile and solid-phase extraction (SPE) was developed for the analysis of BPA in milk, yogurt, cream, butter, pudding, condensed milk, and flavored milk, and a method using two SPE cartridges (OASIS HLB and Florisil cartridge) for skim milk was also developed. The developed methods showed good recovery levels (77 to 102%) together with low detection limits (1 μg/liter for milk, yogurt, pudding, condensed milk, flavored milk, and skim milk and 3 μg/liter for cream and butter). These methods are simple, sensitive, and suitable for the analysis of BPA in milk and dairy products. When 40 milk and dairy products were analyzed by the proposed methods, BPA was not identified in noncanned products, but its levels ranged from 21 to 43 μg/kg in canned products, levels that were 60- to 140-fold lower than the migration limits in the European Union and Japan.

The impact of the ESA 2010 on statistics of the general government sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Olga Leszczyńska-Luberek
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
General Government ◽  
European System ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Methodological Guidelines ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Excessive Deficit Procedure

The author presents the importance of the new European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010) for statistics of the general government sector. She pays particular attention to the development of data for the excessive deficit procedure. The article explains the methodological changes made to the studies in this field parallel to the ESA 2010. It discusses, among others, issues related to defining the deficit and debt of the general government, as well as the determination of a new way registering transfer of liabilities of pension schemes. It also presents the impact of new methodological guidelines for the relationship of deficit and debt to GDP in the Member States of the European Union.

Graphical-Numerical Solution of Problems of Saint-Venant Torsion and Bending

1953 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
B. A. Boley
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Stress Function ◽  
Arbitrary Cross Section ◽  
Successive Approximations ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Shearing Stress ◽  
First Approximation ◽  
Difference Form ◽  
Bending Of Beams

Abstract A simple successive-approximations procedure for the solution of the problems of Saint-Venant torsion and bending of beams of arbitrary cross section is presented. The shear stresses in a cross section of the beam are first calculated from the formulas valid for thin-walled sections, on the basis of an assumed set of lines of shearing stress. From these a first approximation to the stress function of either the torsion or the bending problem is found. The second approximation to the stress function is then obtained from the governing equation of the problem, expressed in finite-difference form; this in turn allows the determination of an improved set of lines of shearing stress, and hence of the shearing stress itself. The procedure can be repeated until the results of two successive steps are sufficiently close. Applications are presented for a beam cross section for which the exact solutions are known, and it is shown that no further difficulties arise in applications to more complicated shapes.

IMEP-115: Determination of Methylmercury in Seafood by Elemental Mercury Analysis: Collaborative Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Cordeiro ◽  
Josep Calderón ◽  
Susana Gonçalves ◽  
Maria Helena Lourenço ◽  
Piotr Robouch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Elemental Mercury ◽  
Reference Laboratory ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Reference Laboratory ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Liquid Liquid Extraction ◽  
Mercury Analysis ◽  
Mercury Analyzer

Abstract A collaborative study IMEP-115 was organized by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Heavy Metals in Feed and Food (EURL-HM) to validate a method for the determination of methylmercury in seafood. The method was based on a liquid–liquid extraction with an organic solvent and with an aqueous cysteine solution. The final quantitation was done with an elemental mercury analyzer. Fifteen laboratories experienced in elemental mercury analyses, from 10 European countries, took part in the exercise. Five test items were selected to cover the concentration range from 0.013 to 5.12 mg/kg. All test items were reference materials certified for the methylmercury mass fraction: DOLT-4 (dogfish liver), TORT-2 (lobster hepatopancreas), SRM 2974a (mussel), SRM 1566b (oyster), and ERM CE-464 (tuna). Participants also received a bottle of ERM CE-463 (tuna) to test their analytical method before starting the collaborative study. Method validation showed adequate accuracy and acceptable precision for all test items, thus fitting its intended analytical purpose. The repeatability RSD ranged from 3.9 to 12.3%, while the reproducibility RSD ranged from 8.4 to 24.8%.

scholarly journals Environmental Performance Enters Construction Materials

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Bonfield
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Legal Term ◽  
Chain Of Custody ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Impact Cost

The environmental sustainability of materials used in construction applications is driving a requirement for the quanti-fcation of performance attributes of such materials. For example, the European Union (EU) Energy Performance in Buildings Directive will give commercial buildings an energy rating when rented or sold. The Code for Sustainable Homes launched by the U.K. Government's Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) in January 2007 sets out the requirement for all new homes to be carbonneutral by 2016. In addition, homes in the United Kingdom will need to signifcantly reduce water consumption from today's average 160 liters (1) per person per day to less than 801 per person per day. Similarly stringent targets are required for waste, materials, and other factors. Such environmental and energy standards are complementing characteristics such as strength, stiffness, durability, impact, cost, and expected life with factors such as “environmental profle,” “ecopoints” (a single unit measurement of environmental impact arising from a product throughout its lifecycle that is used in the United Kingdom), “carbon footprint” (amount of CO2 produced for the lifecycle of the item), “recycled content,” and “chain of custody” (a legal term that refers to the ability to guarantee the identity and integrity of a specimen from collection through to reporting of test results).

scholarly journals New tools and opportunities in growth and climate friendly greening for small and medium enterprises in the European Union

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Xénia Szanyi-Gyenes ◽  
György Mudri ◽  
Mária Bakosné Böröcz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Eu

The role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is unquestionable in the European economies, while financial opportunities are still inadequate for them. The more than 20 million SMEs play a significant role in European economic growth, innovation and job creation. According to the latest EC Annual Report , SMEs are accounting for 99% of all non-financial enterprises, employing 88.8 million people and generating almost EUR 3.7 tn in added value for our economy. Despite the fact that there is plenty of EU funding available for these SMEs, for certain reasons these funds hardly reach them. But we have to see that the EU supports SMEs by various way, e.g. by grants, regulatory changes, financial instrument, direct funds. On the other hand, SMEs and decision makers realised that the environmental sustainability has to be attached to the economic growth, therefore more and more tools are available for these enterprises. Over the last few years, public institutions, the market, the financial community and non-governmental associations have explicitly demanded that firms improve their environmental performance. One of the greatest opportunities might lay in the Climate- and Energy Strategy till 2030 as 20% of the EU budget is allocated to climate-related actions, however the easy access to finance is still a key question. Does the EU recognise the actual difficulties? Is there a systemic reason behind the absorption problems? Is the EU creating a more businessfriendly environment for SMEs, facilitating access to finance, stimulates the green and sustainable growth and improving access to new markets? The paper analyses the current European situation of the SMEs and the effectiveness of some new tools, which are specially targeting SMEs. JEL classification: Q18

scholarly journals Polish “Entrepreneur” and EU “Undertaking”: Multilingualism and Differences in Legal Identification

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Maciej Etel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Member State ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Polish Law ◽  
Legal Identification ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The European Union and its member-states’ involvement in the economic sphere, manifesting itself in establishing the rules of entrepreneurs’ functioning – their responsibilities and entitlements – requires a precise determination of the addressees of these standards. Proper identification of an entrepreneur is a condition of proper legislation, interpretation, application, control and execution of the law. In this context it is surprising that understanding the term entrepreneur in Polish law and in EU law is not the same, and divergences and differences in identification are fundamental. This fact formed the objective of this article. It is aimed at pointing at key differences in the identification of an entrepreneur between Polish and EU law, explaining the reasons for different concepts, and also the answer to the question: May Poland, as an EU member-state, identify the entrepreneur in a different way than the EU?

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