A future policy instrument for assessing the consequences of changes (already made) to the physical environment can be found in the instrument known as the human environmental balance. By taking all…
Deposition of heavy metals to the Convention waters of OSPARCOM
The depositions of the heavy metals, arsene, cadmium, copper, chromium, nickel, lead and zinc on the Convention waters of OSPARCOM were calculated using an emission-based modelling approach. Emissions…
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands 1990-1996: Updated methodology
This inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands has been prepared according to the IPCC Guidelines and complies with the obligations under the European Union's Greenhouse Gas Monitoring…
Recruitment and composition of population of research to be used for the Natural History Study of the PIAMA project
This report describes the recruitment of participants for the Natural History study of the PIAMA (Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy) project, a birth cohort study on incidence and…
The Interactive Scenario Scanner (ISS): a Tool to Suppport the Dialogue between Science and Policy on Scenario Development; Version 1
In order to explore long-term policy options for controlling climate change, there is a need to develop and evaluate long-term emission scenarios. If these scenarios are to be policy relevant, they…
Ecosystem Vulnerability and Climate Protection Goals
Using a review of possible impacts, scenarios of the IMAGE 2 model and the 'Safe Landing Analyses', we have shown here that selecting an appropriate ecological target could assist in defining…
The impact of NOx emissions from subsonic aircraft on the atmosphere: a 3D model study of the changes in ozone and radiative forcing for the period 1990-2015
Global air traffic has increased extensively during the last few decades and is expected to increase further over the next 20 years by about 5-6% per year. Emissions of trace gases such as carbon…
Environment and space. Review of concepts, illustrations and fields of research
The Ministry of Housing, Physical planning and Environment wants to achieve a better coordination of environmental and physical planning policies. In this report the relation between environment and…
Scenarios with an explicit time-dependence are crucial for an adequate assessment of the impacts of climatic change. Furthermore, an effective treatment of feedbacks requires a geographically explicit…
Statistical analyses of water quality parameters in the Reeuwijk Lakes Elfhoeven and Nieuwenbroek (1983-1992) and Klein Vogelenzang and Groot Vogelenzang (1988-1992)
The results of the statistical analyses are used in other RIVM-reports which respectively give an evaluation of a study about reduction of P-load in Elfhoeven/Nieuwenbroek (703711002), biomanipulation…