Environmental quality
Environmental Quality is a set of properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or local, as they impinge on human beings and other organisms. It is a measure of the condition of an environment relative to the requirements of one or more species, any human need or purpose.[1]
Environmental quality includes the
air, water purity or pollution, noise and the potential effects which such characteristics may have on physical and mental health.[2]
United States
In the United States, the term is applied with a body of federal and state
Department of the Interior and the Army Corps of Engineers
.
United Kingdom
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In the United Kingdom, the environment has been the primary responsibility of the
National Assembly for Wales, while delivery of environmental initiatives often use partners, including: British Waterways, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, and Natural England. DEFRA also has a remit to oversee impacts of activities within the built environment and the United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
.
See also
References
- ^ European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark. "Environmental Quality (definition)." Glossary. Environmental Terminology and Discovery Service. Accessed 2012-06-18.
- ^ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C. (2012). "State and Territorial Environment Agencies."
- ^ EPA (2012). "Laws & Regulations."
External links
- US Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works/Regulatory Program
- US Council on Environmental Quality
- US Department of the Interior
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- UK Defra's official website
- English Nature's website
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