Title:
Environmental deterioration and contamination : problems and their management
Author:
Gruiz, Katalin, editor.
ISBN:
9780429227523
9781317697497
9781317697503
9781317697510
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Series:
Engineering tools for environmental risk management ; Volume 1
General Note:
A Balkema book.
Contents:
1. Environmental problems : an overview / K. Gruiz -- 2. Threat by chemical substances : legislation, production, use and waste / K. Gruiz -- 3. Abandoned and contaminated land / K. Gruiz -- 4. Environmental risk of chemical agriculture / A. Anton, G. Fekete, B. Darvas and A. Szekacs -- 5. Environmental risk of mining / E. Vaszita -- 6. Environmental risk of waste and its management / K. Gruiz and O. Klebercz -- 7. Management of abandoned and contaminated land / Y. Spira, K. Gruiz, N. Uzinger and A. Anton -- 8. Environmental risks and impacts / K. Gruiz -- 9. Risk management of chemicals and contaminated land : from planning to verification / K. Gruiz, B. Sara and E. Vaszita -- 10. Site-specific risk assessment and management of point and diffuse sources / K. Gruiz, E. Vaszita and A. Clement -- 11. Scientific and engineering improvement of environmental risk management / K. Gruiz -- 12. Managing environmental knowledge and the necessary IT tools / Z. Siki and K. Gruiz.
Abstract:
Industrial, agricultural, residential land uses and the connected discharge of chemical substances cause environmental problems world-wide. This volume provides an overview on the behavior and function of the healthy environment, the capacity of the ecosystem to serve humanity and compensate for adverse changes. The prime contributors to these changes such as production and use of chemical substances, abandoned and contaminated land, chemical agriculture, mining and the complex waste problem are introduced. The focus of this book is environmental knowledge and its conscious and structured application in environmental management and decision making-- Provided by publisher.
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