Format:
Online-Ressource (digital)
ISBN:
9783540879633
Series Statement:
The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 3U
Content:
War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. The state-of-the-art of research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath is presented in this Handbook. In this title, a broad range of topics are included, such as the prevention of war and its environmental repercussions and selected environmental and human health effects of chemical warfare agents and the atmospheric transport and deposition of pollutants under warfare with two main case studies: the Balkans and the Gulf war.This book is of great help in bridging the gap b
Note:
Includes index
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CONTENTS; Background to Selected Environmental and Human HealthEffects of Chemical Warfare Agents; Prevention of War and Its Environmental Consequences; Remote Sensing: Fundamentals, Types and MonitoringApplications of Environmental Consequences of War; War-Induced Soil Degradation, Depletion, and Destruction(The Case of Ground Fortifications in the TerrestrialEnvironment of Kuwait); Critical Assessment of the Environmental Consequencesof the Invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War,and the Aftermath; Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of PersistentOrganic Pollutants Under Warfare Conditions
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Environmental and Health Impact Assessmentof Ammunition Containing Transuranic ElementsEcological Impact on the Danube After NATO Air Strikes; Speciation of Heavy Metals in Geological Matterof the Serbian National Parks, Protected Areasand Cities Within the Danube River Basin Afterthe War Conflict in 1999; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540879619
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The handbook of environmental chemistry ; Vol. 3, Pt. U: Vol. 3, Anthropogenic compounds: Environmental consequences of war and aftermath Berlin : Springer, 2009 ISBN 9783540879619
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
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General works
Keywords:
Krieg
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Umweltverschmutzung
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3
URL:
Volltext
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Author information:
Hutzinger, Otto 1933-2012
Author information:
Kostjanoj, Andrej Gennadʹevič 1960-
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