The National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM) analyses over a long period the physical composition of household refuse in the Netherlands. Since 1986 a start was made with the analyses of (heavy)metals in components derived from household waste....
This report describes the TREND/OPS model for the simulation of the long-term dispersion of air pollution on a local to regional (Europe) scale.
This report was written at the request of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment to comply with the European Unions Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism (Council Decision 93/389/EEC). The member states of the European Community have adopted the...
Joint Implementation (JI) is a means for reaching cheaper solutions to CO2 emission reductions. The global potential for JI is defined as the portion of the necessary regional CO2 emission reductions to meet the goals defined for a target year that can be more...
The Energy-Economy model presented in this report is a submodel of the integrated IMAGE 2.1 model (Integrated Model for Analyzing Greenhouse Effects). The Energy-Economy submodel computes total energy use, with a focus on final energy consumption in end-use sectors, based on...
Global biogeochemical cycles describe the transformation and movement of chemical substances in the global environment. Disturbances in these global biogeochemical cycles, in particular the cycles of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P), and sulphur (S), initiated by a...
It is widely accepted that anthropogenic emissions of chlorine and bromine species are responsible for the major part of the destruction of the ozone layer in the last two decades. The future atmospheric concentrations of species that deplete the ozone layer (CFCs, HCFCs,...
One of the potential health consequences of global warming is a (re-)introduction of vector-borne diseases into certain regions which may, or may not have been, previously endemic. In most tropical countries, such diseases are a major cause of illness and death. One of the...
In order to design water policy as part of a strategy for sustainable development, an insight into the dynamics of the water system is necessary but not sufficient. It is hypothesized that understanding today's water policy issues requires integrated analysis of hydrology,...
A sensitivity analysis, a restricted uncertainty analysis and a validation of a model describing competition between a heather and grass species (HEATHSOL), was carried out.
