Engineering tools for environmental risk management. 1, Environmental deterioration and contamination - problems and their management /

This is the first volume of the five-volume book series "Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management", dealing with the following topics: types and management of environmental deterioration, particularly pollution; environmental toxicology as a versatile tool in monitoring and risk...

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Other Authors: Gruiz, Katalin (Editor), Meggyes, T. (Tamás) (Editor), Fenyvesi, Éva (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014]
Series:Balkema Book.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; About the editors; 1. Environmental problems
  • An overview; 2. Threat by chemical substances: Legislation, production, use and waste; 3. Abandoned and contaminated land; 4. Environmental risk of chemical agriculture; 5. Environmental risk of mining; 6. Environmental risk of waste and its management; 7. Management of abandoned and contaminated land; 8. Environmental risks and impacts; 9. Risk management of chemicals and contaminated land
  • from planning to verification; 10. Site-specific risk assessment and management of point and diffuse sources11. Scientific and engineering improvement of environmental risk management; 12. Managing environmental knowledge and the necessary IT tools; Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management.