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

• Other Authors: Gruiz, Katalin (Editor), Meggyes, T. (Editor), Fenyvesi, Éva (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014]
• Subjects: Ecosystem services.; Ecosystem services > Social aspects.; Ecosystem services > Government policy.; Pollutants.; Environmental risk assessment.; Environmental management.; Environmental engineering.; Environmental toxicology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781315778785; 9781138001541
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xvii, 469 pages) : illustrations

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...

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.